Major New Searchable Archive of Web Material Debuts

[gary price <gprice@gwu.edu>]

A major announcement from the Internet Archive folks!

Web Archives
The Debut of a Major New Web Tool: The Internet Archive Wayback Machine
http://web.archive.org/

Can you say EXCITING! I'm on my way to check it out. More later. From the
announcement, "The Internet Archive, a comprehensive library of Internet
sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form, today launched the
Wayback Machine, a free service allowing people to access and use archived
versions of past web pages. For the first time, all members of the public
will be able to search and view the Internet Archive's enormous collection
of web sites, dating back to 1996 and comprising over 10 billion web pages."

The Wayback Machine also has an "Advanced Search" interface.
http://web.archive.org/collections/web/advanced.html


The Internet Archive is also home to a few special collections:
*The September 11, 2001 Collection
http://web.archive.org/collections/sep11.html

*The United States Government Collection
http://web.archive.org/collections/government.html

*The Election 2001 Collection
http://web.archive.org/collections/e2k.html

*Web Pioneers Collection
http://web.archive.org/collections/pioneers.html


Examples: Here are the Entries and Links in The Wayback Machine for the NEA
You'll see the site has been visited and archived many times since 1996
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.nea.org


Examples: Here are the entries and links for Library of Congress homepage.
Again, material back to 1996.
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.loc.gov


See Also: Learn Much More About the Wayback Machine
http://www.archive.org/wayback/press_kit/press_release.html



Have Fun.

cheers,
gary



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Gary D. Price, MLIS
Librarian
Gary Price Library Research and Internet Consulting
gprice@gwu.edu

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