1. The Lizard Man and The Gray
Lady Went Walking...
South Carolina Online
Historical Resources For You
and Your Patrons.
Amanda Stone
Innovation & Digitization Librarian

2. StudySC.org
From: South Carolina State Library
Primarily For: K-12 Students, Educators
Description: K-12 educational that provides a structured environment for
students to find high quality web content to support South Carolina-based
curriculum standards. StudySC features descriptions and links of vetted
online resources organized by age level and by topic.

3. scmemory.org
From: State-wide collaboration; Major partners include the University of
South Carolina, Clemson University, and College of Charleston, who each
contribute staff to the Digital Library
Primarily For: South Carolina citizens
Description: The South Carolina Digital Library is the largest, most
comprehensive online repository for digital images, books,
maps, pamphlets, and even audio that is of historical significance to South
Carolina. Currently, 28 institutions have contributed to the holdings, which
span from the colonial period through modern day.

4. Teaching American History
in South Carolina
teachingushistory.org
From: SC Department of Archives & History, Richland SD 2, federal grant
money
Primarily For: K-12 students and educators
Description: The Teaching American History in South
Carolina website features primary sources of historic interest with
correlating South Carolina social studies standards and lesson plans. The
primary sources come from the holdings of the South Carolina Department
of Archives and History, the University of South Carolina Caroliniana
Library, and other cultural institutions around the state. The website also
includes virtual tours and information for teachers on cultural
institutions such as museums and historic sites.

5. sciway.net
From: SCIWAY.net, LLC, a James Island web information company
Primarily For: SC citizens, tourists, and people throughout the world
Description: SCIWAY, titled South Carolina’s Information Highway, is a
privately-managed comprehensive directory of South Carolina information.
Content includes both organized external links and written subject matter.
Sections of particular interest might be history, cities &
towns, counties, elections, facts & firsts, genealogy, government, and
statistics.

6. knowitall.org
From: South Carolina ETV
Primarily For: K-12 students and educators
Description: Knowitall (www.knowitall.org) is a collection of online
designed for use in the classroom. Features include interactive
websites, simulations, image collections, virtual field trips and streaming
video that “support and provide quality inquiry based experiences for
students on the Internet.” Knowitall contains websites on a broad
range of topics, from the visual and performing arts to careers and the
sciences.

7. docsouth.unc.edu
From: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Primarily For: Citizens, teachers, students, and researchers at every level
Description: A digital publishing initiative that provides access to digitized
primary materials such as books, manuscripts, images, and audio files that
offer Southern perspectives on American history and culture. The website
currently has 15 themed collections such as “The Church in the
Southern Black Community” and “Oral Histories of the American South.”
Many documents and images are originally from South Carolina or feature
people from South Carolina and can be easily found with several search
methods.

8. memory.loc.gov
American Memory
From: Library of Congress
Primarily For: All citizens
Description: American Memory is a digital repository by the Library of
Congress that contains digitized historical documents, photographs, sound
recordings, video, books, and other resources from the Library's holdings.
Currently there are over 100 collections and more than 9 million items in
the American Memory historical collections, representing a broad range of
American history and culture. Collections range from Native American and
women's history to early advertising and September 11th. While
American Memory is a national resource, South Carolina is well
represented in many of the collections.

9. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
From: Library of Congress, federal money to states
Primarily For: All citizens
Description: Chronicling America: Historic American
Newspapers is a project by the Library of Congress to provide
access to almost 4 million pages of historic newspapers
published between 1836 and 1922 from across the country. The
website features 20 newspapers from South Carolina, including
the Columbia Phoenix from 1865 and the Anderson Daily
Intelligencer from 1914-1915.

10. Regional/Institutional Digital Collections
&Public Libraries & Colleges & Universities
A List of Digital Collections:
statelibrary.sc.gov/digital-collection