Some institutions have made a selection of their EAD-encoded finding aids available for viewing over the internet. Some are available as HTML files (converted from the SGML) and are viewable on any standard web browser. Others send the finding aids directly as SGML, requiring the user to have an SGML-aware client to view them. Still others have made their finding aids available in both formats.

NOTE: To date, the only net-capable SGML browser is Interleaf's Panorama Viewer.

American Heritage Database

A selection from 4 institutions. This collection of finding aids covers American culture and heritage. They are served out as HTML files converted on-the-fly from the SGML via Enigma, Inc.'s DynaWeb server.

OAC Union Database

A selection from over 20 institutions. These are served out as HTML files converted on-the-fly from the SGML via DynaWeb.

Duke University

A collection of EAD-encoded finding aids viewed here either through the Interleaf's Panorama browser (which takes advantage of the capabilities of SGML) or in your web browser through on-the-fly SGML to HTML conversion.

Harvard/Radcliffe Finding Aids

A collection of approximately 65 finding aids served out in SGML (requires Panorama) with a handful served out in HTML (more forthcoming).

Iowa Women's Archives, University of Iowa Libraries Finding Aids

A very nice site finding aids served out in SGML (requires Panorama) and in HTML as well.

Library of Congress Finding Aids

Requires Panorama

UC San Diego Finding Aids

A subset of Mandeville Special Collections Library's finding aids are available in both SGML and HTML, generated programmatically from a database. The SGML version is indexed and searchable by means of Verity Query Language

University of Virginia Finding Aids

Database of 1,200 finding aids at the University of Virginia Library.

Yale University Finding Aids

A collection of EAD-encoded finding aids are stored and served out via an Open Text database. Requires Panorama. *For those who are unable to view the finding aids through Panorama, HTML versions of the finding aids are available as a separate display option on the search results page.

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