FX.co ★ Five best digital libraries around the world

A traditional library is a collection of various books. A reader is usually offered a paper version of publications. However, many of these cultural institutions decided to keep up with the times and organized digital book depositories. You can visit such library through a computer and a smartphone at any time and from anywhere in the world. The popularity of such online libraries is gaining momentum. Let's take a look at the best of them.

CyberLeninka

The online library CyberLeninka means getting information for everyone. Its books are freely available. CyberLeninka is oriented to the popularization of various sciences: mathematics, psychology, history, jurisprudence, linguistics, nuclear physics, etc. It is considered one of the largest scientific archives in Russia and Europe.

Harvard Library

The world-famous Harvard University also has its own archive of important and interesting documents and photographs. On the site of the university, you can find a lot of digitized books, maps, articles and other unique documents, including medieval manuscripts, portraits of famous politicians, lawyers, etc.

Open Library

This project is a classical library, whose funds can be viewed online. Some publications are freely available, others are provided in the form of an electronic file. The second rule applies to rare editions and documents written more than 100 years ago. The site presents classical works, autobiographies, memoirs, children's literature and encyclopedias.

World digiral library

This largest online library offers access to the entire world culture and literature. This project was approved by UNESCO. Many institutions participated in its creation, including the National Library of Russia, the Royal Library of Alexandria, the Library of Congress, etc. There are thousands of different documents, letters, manuscripts and scientific treatises from libraries around the world.

Universal Library

This library project includes over one million different scans of documents, books, and treatises for free online reading. In 2007, in this digital library, the number of scans of books in different languages exceeded one million copies. The Universal Library site has a number of interesting historical documents and books which are almost impossible to find on other resources.