New Database: University of California launches Calisphere Web site

University of California officials [have] joined State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell to announce the launch of the Calisphere Web site.

This free Web site [www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu] offers educators, students, and the public access to more than 150,000 images, documents and other primary source materials from the libraries and museums of the UC campuses and cultural heritage organizations across California.

Calisphere’s primary sources include photographs, documents, newspapers, political cartoons, works of art, diaries, transcribed oral histories, advertising, and other cultural artifacts that reveal the diverse history and culture of California and its role in national and world history.

The site also provides a single entry point to more than 300 UC-created Web sites on a wide variety of subjects.