The Society does not have a single database containing all digital content.
Collection materials which have images available digitally (digital surrogates) are served to users in several formats explained below.
See Obtaining Digital Images to learn about requesting new photography or ordering high-resolution images.
Finding Digitized Materials
Materials that have a digital surrogate can be found by searching the General Catalog.
Add the keyword openlink to your search to find digital surrogates open to everybody. Use the keyword closedlink to your search to find digital surrogates only available on campus.
Records with digital surrogates will have a link(s) on the right side of the catalog record display. Click the link to view or download available scans of the item.
A padlock indicates a digital surrogate only available on the AAS campus.
Digital Collections
This family portrait appears in the digital collection Photographs of Tuskegee Institute.
Digital collections are groupings of images of collection materials, typically with additional description or historical context. They may be freely available, or subscription based.
Freely Available Digital Collections
Selected freely available digital collections are listed on the featured collections page.
Subscription-Based Digital Collections
AAS provides access to subscription-based digital collections containing AAS materials. These digital collections are available to researchers who are present at AAS and signed on to AAS networks. Publishers provide separate tools for searching their collections. Some feature materials not held at AAS.
Selected subscription based digital collections are listed below.
- Gale Primary Sources (Gale)
- Readex AllSearch (Readex)
- Children's Literature and Culture (Adam Matthew)
Research Tools
Research tools help users explore the AAS collection by describing specific topics, themes, or formats of materials. These include finding aids and inventories for many of the collections not in the General Catalog.
Classroom ResourcesThe Historic Children's Voices: For Educators page provides lesson plans, K-12 resources, questions, audio files, and activities for use in the classroom. |
Specialized CatalogsAAS has developed specialized catalogs and directories to help users find the following:
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Online Exhibitions
This plate appears in the online exhibition Beauties of America.
AAS has been creating online exhibitions using digitized collection materials for over 20 years.
These exhibitions serve several purposes: they showcase highlights from the AAS collection; explore specific topics and themes; represent traveling exhibitions; and generally, they provide digital representations of collection materials.