Research at the JCB
Research in person at the library
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Using the library
Plan your reading room visit
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Make a Reading Room appointment
How to make an appointment for in-person research
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Handling our collections
Dos and don’ts for handling our collections
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Image permissions and digital downloading
Learn more about image permissions, our digitization process, and how to download high-resolution images
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Fellows Directory
Search through our past and current fellows
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Directions
How to find us
Online research with Americana
Americana is JCB’s online collection and collaborative research platform. Browse our digitized collection, annotate objects, and publish your research as an online exhibition.
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Digital Collections
The Americana platform contains both digital images and bibliographic records for over 75,000 items.
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Exhibitions
Our exhibitions provide context for items from curators, visiting scholars, and more through digital collections, digital records of our in-person exhibitions, and digital catalogs.
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Projects
You can use projects for many different needs: collect items for a dissertation or class, prep for an exhibition or paper, or use the space to share items with a colleague. We have used digital catalogs to show you what's possible.