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Online Resources in Conservation, Science, and Technology

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The following resources are open access and always freely available. Anyone with an internet connection can access these resources from any computer, from any location, and without a login. 

Science and Technology

Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des métiers et des arts. Diderot and d'Alembert. 1751–1772 (FT)

The National Academies (FT)

NIST Chemistry WebBook (FT)

NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty (FT)

Patent Public Search (USPTO) (FT)

Royal Society journal archive

Conservation and Restoration

The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) (FT)

BCIN, the Bibliographic Database of the Conservation Information Network

Building Technology Heritage Library

CAMEO: Conservation Art Materials Encyclopedia Online (FT)

CHIN: Canadian Heritage Information Network and Heritage Directory (FT)

Conserve-o-grams (National Park Service Museum Management Program) (FT)

CoOl: Conservation Online

Forbes Pigment Database (FT)

Gateway to Resources and Information on Preservation (GRIP) (FT)

ICCROM Library catalogue

ICCROM Publications

ICOM-CC Publications Online

ICOMOS Open Archive

IIC list of Student Theses Repositories

Mora Sample Collection Project (ICCROM)

National Center for Preservation Technology and Training

PreservationDirectory.com (FT)

Theses in Historic Preservation (Univ.Penn.) (FT)

UNESDOC (FT)

Getty Public Resources

AATA Online

The Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)

Conservation Collection

Conservation Research Resources

Getty Conservation Institute

Library Catalog