Florida Legacy contains content digitized from the collections of Tampa Bay Library Consortium (TBLC) member libraries, including photographs, books, pamphlets, documents, and newspaper clippings. Fifteen participating libraries have contributed over 50,000 records, including over 5,000 digital images of visual materials.

Florida Legacy - TBLC Digital Collections is powered by OpenDLS, which was last updated on Monday 10 September 2007. System news.

Site Overview / Navigation

This website is organized by collection. Each web page is composed of a navigation area on the left, and the main content on the right. A menu is also available on each page.

There are multiple access points: Browsing individual items & Searching full-text, keywords & phrases including more complex compound searches with results limits.

Searching

• Use the simple keyword (all the words) search box. This is a full-text search of the entire digital collections database.
• Choose the advanced search option which provides multiple search types with search limiting capabilities.
• The results set from any search is organized by title.

Browsing

• Collection Catalog. Browse the main collection catalog, organized alphabetically by collection title.
• Browse collection items: You can browse all the items in a collection by title.
• Browse by type: There are enhanced browsing/navigation and display/presentation features for some types of digital objects, such as images & journals.

Individual collection level access

• Collection Description: A brief overview of the collection and its contents.
• Indexes/Descriptive information: More detailed textual information about the collection contents. Details may range from a simple folder list to a full & detailed archival guide.
• Digital Collection Resources: Links to other primary or supplimental digital content; including browsing all items and by content type (See above Browsing section).

See Also: Help - How to use the website.