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Digital Collections

Boston's Latino Community History

Subject: 
Humanities, Social Sciences
Access: 
Open Access
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    The documents, images, and posters in this digital collection were selected from the Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción records and the La Alianza Hispana records held in the Northeastern University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Department.  These records available in this online collection document public policy formation, community relations, affordable housing, urban planning and housing rehabilitation, cultural and educational programming, violence prevention, and minority rights in Boston during the last decades of the 20th century.

Freedom House Photographs

NU Libraries Digital Collections
Subject: 
Art, Media & Design, Humanities, Social Sciences
Access: 
Open Access
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    Over 2400 images and photographs selected from the Freedom House records held in the NU Libraries, Archives and Special Collections. The images date from 1950-1975 and document early activities to create an integrated Roxbury; citizen participation in the urban renewal of Roxbury; and early oversight of Boston Public Schools desegregation.

Internet Archive: Northeastern University Collections and more

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Open Access
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    Digitized versions of unique and rare books from libraries, museums, and historical institutions, including Northeastern University Libraries collections, such as historical Course Catalogs.  Includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as the Wayback Machine for archived web pages. Especially useful for persons with disabilities, as it provides adaptive reading services and other services for people with disabilities.  Northeastern collections developed in partnership with the Boston Library Consortium (BLC) and the Open Content Alliance.

IRis: Northeastern's Digital Archive

Subject: 
Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Open Access
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    IRis is a digital archive that collects, manages, preserves, and shares the intellectual output and historical record of Northeastern University.  Beginning in 2008, Masters and PhD dissertations completed at Northeastern University are archived in full text in IRis along with other university research and publications.

Northeastern University Historical Photographs

NU Libraries Digitial Collections
Subject: 
Humanities, Interdisciplinary
Access: 
Open Access
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    A growing collection of images relating to the University from 1902 to the present. In the collection, you will find representations of academic programs, student life, faculty, the campus, athletics, and University events including commencement.

Worldwide Science

Subject: 
Science
Access: 
Free Web Resource
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    A free web site that acts as a gateway for one-stop searching of dozens of open access repositories of science information from around the world. Maintained by the Office of Science and Technology Information at the U. S. Department of Energy.

    Detailed subjects: 
    Agriculture, Anthropology, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Ecology, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Geology & Earth Sciences, Information Science, Marine Science, Nanotechnology, Oceanography, Physics, Sustainability