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Several digital libraries focusing specifically on development
resources can be found in the Local
Development section of the Resource Marketplace.
African Digital Library
The African Digital Library provides a core collection of
digitized, full-text eBooks in support of lifelong learning
in Africa. The current collection of 8,000 eBooks covers 52
subject areas.
African Online Digital Library
AODL serves scholars and students conducting research and
teaching about West and South Africa as well as teachers and
students of African languages in both the United States and
Africa. It also provides a valuable model for creating and
distributing a diverse array of materials in a region with
very limited electronic connectivity.
Best
Practices Database
This searchable database contains over 1600 proven solutions
from more than 140 countries to the common social, economic
and environmental problems of an urbanizing world. It demonstrates
the practical ways in which public, private and civil society
sectors are working together to improve governance, eradicate
poverty, provide access to shelter, land and basic services,
protect the environment and support economic development.
Encyclopędia
Britannica
The online version of the popular encyclopędia. General information
is free; full access requires a subscription.
New
Zealand Digital Library Project
The Web site provides several document collections, including
historical documents, humanitarian and development information,
computer science technical reports and bibliographies, literary
works, and magazines.
Project
Gutenberg
The project creates and distributes free eBooks worldwide.
The library contains mostly classic books that are no longer
under copyright protection.
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a multilingual project to create a complete and
accurate open content encyclopedia. The project was started
on January 15, 2001 and already contains over 120,000 articles
in the English version.
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