Collection Databases

Interactive Web sites and media installations backed by powerful databases allow for unsolicited discoveries where users engage in deep, intuitive online investigations. Second Story has taken the library science model of retrieval and enhanced it with a dose of serendipity. These projects often provide unmediated access to visually rich resources where personalization features empower users to comment, collect, organize, exhibit and share.

01DocsTeach02Arctic Studies Center03AIGA Design Archives04The Art of Native American Basketry05Vogel 50x5006Music Genres Table07Digital Vaults08Monticello Explorer09Arago: People, Postage and the Post10AIGA Design Archives (2005)11Theban Mapping Project12Oregon TimeWeb13myLOC14IQSC Collection Explorer15Thomas Jefferson’s Library Book Explorer16Library of Congress Bible Collection17Faces of Gettysburg18Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge19America on the Move20Changing the Face of Medicine Digital Portrait Gallery21ARTscape22September 11: Bearing Witness to History23A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans & the U.S. Constitution24Taken on the Road: American Mile Markers
DocsTeachArctic Studies CenterAIGA Design ArchivesThe Art of Native American BasketryVogel 50x50Music Genres TableDigital VaultsMonticello ExplorerArago: People, Postage and the PostAIGA Design Archives (2005)Theban Mapping ProjectOregon TimeWebmyLOCIQSC Collection ExplorerThomas Jefferson’s Library Book ExplorerLibrary of Congress Bible CollectionFaces of GettysburgAlaska Native Collections: Sharing KnowledgeAmerica on the MoveChanging the Face of Medicine Digital Portrait GalleryARTscapeSeptember 11: Bearing Witness to HistoryA More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans & the U.S. ConstitutionTaken on the Road: American Mile Markers