Online Resources
A growing number of items are available through our digital collections library and online exhibitions. Digital collections include searchable Colonial Williamsburg Research Reports and numerous issues of the Virginia Gazette newspaper.
Catalog Search
Through a partnership with William & Mary, searching our library catalog will retrieve books, audiovisual materials, rare books, and manuscripts at both Rockefeller Library and William & Mary Libraries. You'll also find eBooks and articles from many of our online databases.
Digital Resources
Virginia Gazettes
Research Reports
Colonial Williamsburg Journal
York County Project
Manuscripts
Visual Resources Collections(Omeka)
Digital Collections
Digital Collections is the central repository for digitized and born-digital assets from the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library. With a focus on supporting research and public engagement, this platform encourages users to virtually experience, explore, and access digitized materials that reflect the diversity of the library’s wide range of historical and cultural resources.
Research Databases A-Z
Databases include both resources that are freely available as well as subscription-only resources. Subscription databases may be freely accessed by researchers at the library or elsewhere on the Colonial Williamsburg campus. Included within the selection of over forty scholarly databases are America’s Historical Newspapers, Ancestry Library Edition, Indigenous Peoples of North America and many others relating to American history in a global context from the 17th through the early 20th centuries.
Guides and Indexes
Guides and Indexes include topical bibliographies and searchable indexes to frequently used journals and Special Collections materials including microfilm.
New to the Library
Explore books recently added to Colonial Williamsburg's John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library's collection.
