Medieval source material on the internet: Some internet libraries

Paul Halsall's Internet Medieval Sourcebook (Fordham University) provides an unparalleled list of online medieval documents at different websites, from which many of those below are taken. The list is worldwide in scope, and in addition to complete works there are hundreds of individual extracts. The whole collection is searchable.

A large number of books available online are listed at the On-Line Books Page (University of Pennsylvania)

Other online publishing projects covering the medieval period are:

• Google Book Search
  An ambitious project to digitise more than 8 million volumes over the next few years. The text of the books is searchable, and out-of-copyright works are fully accessible. There is more limited access to works still in copyright.
• Project Gutenberg
• gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
  A huge number of books in PDF format, including many relating to medieval England
• Internet Archive: Text Archive
  Actually, a collection of text archives, including the Million Book Project, the Canadian Libraries collection, and others
• Richard III Society Online Library
• Online Medieval and Classical Library, Berkeley University
• The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies, Georgetown University
• Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia
• Oxford Text Archive (contains additional relevant texts which are available 'offline')
• Early Manuscripts at Oxford University (images of manuscripts, including early Welsh and Irish texts with genealogical content)
• Medieval and Modern Thought Text Digitization Project (Stanford University)
  Includes some very useful material, but only as PDF files containing whole volumes, so most will be accessible only to those with fast Internet connections.

Another important resource is the AHDS History Collections, which provides digital resources relating to historical research or teaching. The collections include several sets of data relating to medieval England. Some are available for free download, and others are supplied on CD or floppy disc. As the collections are intended primarily for academic use, a charge may be made to non-academics.