Archived Web Collections
Archived web collections are available on Archive-IT - University of Western Ontario (archive-it.org).
Archived websites are 'snapshots' or 'screenshots' that don't exist on the internet. As a result, it takes longer to load an archived website than it would take to load a live webpage.
Sometimes, YouTube videos won't load on an archived site due to data limits that have scheduled captures, including data limits for video content. Not all video content is captured for the archived web collections.
Instructions for playing embedded YouTube videos
Most websites included in the archived web collections were captured using Archive-IT's Brozzler crawling technology. Brozzler captures photographs and image files that are 1100 x 900 pixels or larger. If images are not appearing while replaying websites or accessing archived web content, try zooming in or out of the screen.
If the images won't display, contact Archives and Special Collections.
FAQs about Archived Web Collections
Request a website for web archiving
You can request a website for web archiving using our request form.
Webpages included in the Archived Web Collections are preserved following the Western Libraries’ Web Archiving Policy.
