Other Archival Sources

Archival and special collections repositories are producing digital copies of primary sources and delivering them via websites or other web-based products.

There are also online resources available that identify unpublished sources that may not be digitized yet. Archival repositories offer these descriptions so that users know the records exist and are available for use. Often, if items from specific collections have been digitized, the finding aids will contain links to the digitized sources.

OhioLINK Finding Aid Repository contains descriptions of collections in Ohio historical societies, public libraries, college and university archives, and other repositories. OhioLINK is no longer being updated as of July 1, 2024.

ArchivesSpace is a web-based archives information discovery tool for the historical records and primary sources held in the Kelvin Smith Library Special Collections and University Archives. Users may search holdings and request materials online.

ArchivesSpace Public Interface

In addition to digital primary sources and finding aids, descriptions of individual repositories, their collections and services are searchable using online search engines such as Google.