Collections

The Bowen Central Library of Appalachia has a core collection of more than 100,000 ebook titles, equivalent to an estimated 120,000 volumes or more in print format. In addition, the BCLA has also purchased or subscribes to several collections used by all member institutions listed below. (These links do not provide access to the database.)

ABC-CLIO eBook Collection

American Civil War: Letters and Diaries

ARTstor

Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800

Early Encounters in North America

Gale Virtual Reference Library

JSTOR Arts and Sciences, I-IV, Vii

NetLibrary Solinet Collections I-IX & Classic Literature Collection

North American Women's Letters and Diaries

Oxford Music Online

Springer (eBooks)

Wiley Online Library (eBooks)

The Digital Library of Appalachia (DLA) provides online access to archival and historical materials related to the culture of the southern and central Appalachian region. The contents of the DLA are drawn from special collections of Appalachian College Association member libraries.

The DLA is currently using the ContentDM platform.