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Archival Data and Information

Archive-It

25 February 2008. The Internet Archive offers a subscription service for entities that want to archive special collections and make them searchable, either publicly or privately. Newly added, is a full-text search feature that not only queries the public special collections but also collections in the Internet Archive. While the index isn't as current as the index for the Wayback Machine, it's now possible to search archived Web pages as well as other archived file formats by keyword. Searching and displaying the results is free of charge.

Arizona State Agencies Archive

12 March 2008. The Internet Archive maintains this collection of archival content from the Web sites of Arizona state government agencies, boards and commissions. Search it by keyword or URL, or follow the advanced search link for more options. When using the advanced search feature, be sure to limit the institution to the Arizona State Library and the collection to either Arizona Politics or Arizona State Agencies, depending on your interest. A keyword RSS feed for monitoring search results is available.

Internet Archive: U.S. Government Documents

7 March 2008. The Internet Archive maintains a collection of U.S. government documents. Currently, there are more than 2500 documents available in full-text in various formats. You may browse the collection by subject or keyword or search it by keyword. There is also an RSS feed for monitoring additions to the collection.

Michigan Government Web Collection

12 March 2008. The Internet Archive maintains this collection of archival content from the Web sites of Michigan government agencies as well as from the Web sites of the legislative and judicial branches. Archival coverage begins with January 2007. Search it by keyword or URL, or follow the advanced search link for more options. When using the advanced search feature, be sure to limit the institution to the Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries and the collection to Michigan Government Web Collection. A keyword RSS feed for monitoring search results is available.

Please note the cautions about technical issues with this collection as posted on the collection home page. These include "due to technical issues certain links in the Michigan Courts collection may take the user to active web pages. A yellow banner at the top of the page will identify archived pages." Additionally, "[t]he search feature in the Michigan Legislature collection does not function. Links to other pages and documents in the collection do work. Copies of bills are not included in this collection." And, "[t]he keyword search capability for this collection is minimal. Users are encouraged to access information via URL."

Montana State Government Web Site Archive

12 March 2008. The Internet Archive maintains this collection of archival content from the Web sites of Montana state agencies as well as the Web sites of the legislative and judicial branches. Search it by keyword or URL, or follow the advanced search link for more options. When using the advanced search feature, be sure to limit the institution to the Montana State Library and the collection to Archive Montana. A keyword RSS feed for monitoring search results is available.

North Carolina State Government Web Site Archive

12 March 2008. The Internet Archive with collaboration from The State Library of North Carolina and the North Carolina State Archives maintains archival content from the Web sites of North Carolina State Government Agencies, Occupational Licensing Boards, and Commissions. This collection includes many different types of records, in a variety of file formats (such as text-based information, images, and video and audio files) including meeting minutes, policies, and agency publications.

Search it by keyword or URL, or follow the advanced search link for more options. When using the advanced search feature, be sure to limit the institution to the North Carolina State Archives and the collection to either North Carolina Boards and Commissions, North Carolina Council of State Web, or the North Carolina State Government Web Site, depending on your interest. A keyword RSS feed for monitoring search results is available.

South Carolina State Government Cabinet Agencies and Misc Sites

12 March 2008. The Internet Archive maintains 3 collections (This resource is one of them.) of archival content from the Web sites of the South Carolina state government. This collection provides archival access to the Web sites of cabinet agencies.

Search each by keyword or URL, or follow the advanced search link for more options. When using the advanced search feature, be sure to limit the institution to the South Carolina Department of Archives and History and the collection to South Carolina State Government Cabinet Agencies and Misc Sites, South Carolina State Government Web Archive (A-L) or South Carolina State Government Web Archive (M-Z), depending on your interest. A keyword RSS feed for monitoring search results is available.

South Carolina State Government Web Archive (A-L)

12 March 2008. The Internet Archive maintains 3 collections (This resource is one of them.) of archival content from the Web sites of the South Carolina state government. This collection provides archival access to the Web sites of state agencies (A-L), but not including cabinet agencies. It appears to contain some legislative and judicial archives as well as some overlap with the M-Z archive.

Search each by keyword or URL, or follow the advanced search link for more options. When using the advanced search feature, be sure to limit the institution to the South Carolina Department of Archives and History and the collection to South Carolina State Government Cabinet Agencies and Misc Sites, South Carolina State Government Web Archive (A-L) or South Carolina State Government Web Archive (M-Z), depending on your interest. A keyword RSS feed for monitoring search results is available.

South Carolina State Government Website Archive (M-Z)

12 March 2008. The Internet Archive maintains 3 collections (This resource is one of them.) of archival content from the Web sites of the South Carolina state government. This collection provides archival access to the Web sites of state agencies (M-Z), but not including cabinet agencies. It appears to contain some legislative and judicial archives as well as some overlap with the A-L archive.

Search each by keyword or URL, or follow the advanced search link for more options. When using the advanced search feature, be sure to limit the institution to the South Carolina Department of Archives and History and the collection to South Carolina State Government Cabinet Agencies and Misc Sites, South Carolina State Government Web Archive (A-L) or South Carolina State Government Web Archive (M-Z), depending on your interest. A keyword RSS feed for monitoring search results is available.

South Dakota State Agencies Archive

12 March 2008. The Internet Archive maintains this collection of archival content from the Web sites of South Dakota state government agencies, boards and commissions. Search it by keyword or URL, or follow the advanced search link for more options. When using the advanced search feature, be sure to limit the institution to the South Dakota State Archives and the collection to Higher Education, Legislative Research Council, or State Agencies, depending on your interest. A keyword RSS feed for monitoring search results is available.

Virginia State Government Web Sites Collection

12 March 2008. The Internet Archive maintains this collection of archival content from the Web sites of Virginia state agencies. Search it by keyword or URL, or follow the advanced search link for more options. When using the advanced search feature, be sure to limit the institution to the Library of Virginia and the collection to Virginia State Government Web Sites Collection or one of the executive branch Web sites, the independent agencies collection, the judicial branch collection or the legislative branch collection. A keyword RSS feed for monitoring search results is available.

Wayback Machine

25 February 2008. The Internet Archive lets you search for archived Web pages by existing or former URL. You may limit search results by archived date or file type. You may also eliminate duplicates or merge aliases (the same Web page under different addresses).

   
 

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