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Wednesday, April 03, 2013

Church History, from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The Church History site contains items of interest for LDS church members and is a unique portal to a variety of sites on Mormon history and genealogy. . . it provides access to a number of useful resources. . . . Particularly notable is the Church History Catalog--a meta-site to BYU Digital Collections, Family History Books, Internet Archive, and, significantly, the Church History Library--a relative newcomer to the world of digital resources and the focus of this review.
At present, only a very small percentage of the library's vast collection appears to be accessible online. The site offers a link to suggest items for digitization, but this comes with no guarantee. Search results may be limited to digitized items, which may be saved to an eShelf. The keyword search interface has an advanced search feature to limit by title, author, subject, and material type.
The Journal History Index's JPEG images of chronologically arranged cards is browsable, but does not include the contents of the iconic collection.The LDS Church Periodicals Index (under Quick Links) allows searching by author, title, subject, keyword, publication, and primary subject, but does not include full-text links. Also available is the Historians Office History of the Church, fully scanned images of the 69-volume handwritten collection; however, this is not searchable or transcribed.
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel has the most complete listing of LDS migrants to Utah up to 1868. Selective transcribed excerpts of pioneers' accounts are included. Among other offerings, the Charles W. Carter Glass Negative Collection can only be browsed and is slow to load. Following the Joseph Smith Papers link leads to select documents, journals, and revelations. This website represents a good beginning, and one looks forward to continued enhancements and additions. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through researchers/faculty; general readers. -- D. Liestman, Viterbo University  Internet Resource. Reviewed in April 2013 issue of ACRL's CHOICE.

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