virtual libraries
Digital book repositories
Virtual libraries are collections of digital resources—books, journals, databases, archives—accessible online rather than in a physical building.
Unlike traditional libraries, they exist entirely in digital space, allowing users to browse and retrieve materials from anywhere with internet access: The university's virtual library gave students access to thousands of journals from home.
The term sometimes describes digital interfaces to physical collections, sometimes fully digital-native repositories.
- e-booksElectronic publications
- encyclopediasMulti-volume knowledge collections
- metadataDescriptive information about content
- academic journalsPublications for peer-reviewed research
- reading listCurated book recommendations
cloud computing · online catalog · digital archives · accessibility tools · data storage · user interface design · licensing agreements · library card · open access · public domain · search algorithms · government documents · interlibrary loan · user authentication · information literacy · search engines · knowledge base · collections
- digital contentfiles, blog posts, data, digital music, videos
- digital librariesebooks, digital catalogs, e-library, digital content, digital archives
- digital resourceswebsites, databases, e-books, online archives, e-resources
- CheminformaticsSAR, fingerprinting, docking, Schrodinger, Marvin
- community resourcesfood banks, health clinics, mental health clinics, legal aid, community centers
- digital storiese-literature, digital storytelling, interactive fiction, webnovels, hypertext
virtual librariesreading rooms
Spaces designated for books
lending libraries · public libraries · stacks · archives · bookmobiles