Internet Archive — official site and practical boundaries
Official name：Internet Archive
Internet Archive is an entry point to digital collections and web history, described by its help centre as a nonprofit preserving digital cultural artifacts. The University of Maryland Libraries links directly to the service and describes its collections. Assess access and reuse conditions item by item; permissions for one institution's collection do not cover the whole platform.
Official website
archive.org
https://archive.org/
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About this entry
Internet Archive is an entry point to digital collections and web history, described by its help centre as a nonprofit preserving digital cultural artifacts. The University of Maryland Libraries links directly to the service and describes its collections. Assess access and reuse conditions item by item; permissions for one institution's collection do not cover the whole platform.
Sources for this section：Internet Archive Internet Archive University of Maryland Libraries Cornell University Library
Editorial judgment
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Sources
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Identity evidence and decision record
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archive.org
Supporting material · Internet Archive https://help.archive.org/help/internet-archive-general-information
Internet Archive General Information: What is the Internet Archive?; explicit Internet Archive name and nonprofit-library description., UMD Libraries Internet Archive page direct link https://archive.org/ plus first-party help and homepage.
Original decision record
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