Doing Historical Research

It is the oldest digital library in the world, founded in 1971.

• Project Gutenberg

• Internet Archive

• Philippine government websites

It is an online library that originally sought to archive web history, but grew later on to provide digital versions of other works.

• Project Gutenberg

• Internet Archive

• Philippine government websites

In this system, instead of going through each entry on physical index cards, a simple search will yield the holdings of the library related to what you are searching for.

• Library

• Archives

• Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC)

It has increasingly become the primary means by which anyone would find any information that they need nowadays.

• Internet

• Cyberspace

• Search String

It is a combination of words that you use to come up with relevant results and lead you to what you are looking for.

• Internet

• Cyberspace

• Search String

It could lead you to a lot of sources with the right search strings.

• Google

• Google Scholar

• Google Books

You may use it to find electronic journal articles, materials from institutional repositories, and book chapters from many different sources.

• Google

• Google Scholar

• Google Books

It also provides sources for scanned books, where you may be able to read some chapters for free.

• Google

• Google Scholar

• Google Books

This library is a generous resource for research on genealogies.

• Family History Center at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

• Chinben See Memorial Library in Kaisa-Angelo King Heritage Center

• Archdiocesan Archives of Manila

This library offers resources on Chinese and Filipino-Chinese in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia.

• Family History Center at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

• Chinben See Memorial Library in Kaisa-Angelo King Heritage Center

• Archdiocesan Archives of Manila