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Online Sources: Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin Letters
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Darwin-Burdon-Sanderson Letters – 1873-1881 and Fox/Pearce (Darwin) Collection – 1821-1884
Darwin Correspondence Project
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"Read and search the full texts of more than 8,500 of Charles Darwin’s letters, and ﬁnd information on 6,500 more. Discover complete transcripts of all known letters Darwin wrote and received up to the year 1871."
Darwin Manuscripts Project
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"On this site, you will find the world's first & only large collection of full colour, high-resolution images of faithfully transcribed Darwin manuscripts. These manuscripts record Charles Darwin's work as a practicing scientist. Whether you are a student or a researcher, our goal is to offer you digital access to the primary evidence for the birth and maturation of Darwin's attempts to explore and explain the natural world. "
Darwin Online
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"Darwin Online is the largest and most widely consulted edition of the writings of Darwin ever published."

Book Sources: Charles Darwin

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Autobiography by Charles Darwin
Call Number: QH31.D2 A16 1958

With original omissions restored; edited with appendix and notes by his grand-daughter, Nora Barlow.
The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, and Selected Letters by Charles Darwin
Call Number: QH31.D2 A18 1958

ISBN: 0486204790

"An unabridged and unaltered republication of the work first published in 1892 ... under the title, Charles Darwin, his life told in an autobiographical chapter."
The Beagle Letters by Charles Darwin
Call Number: QH31.D2 A4 2008

ISBN: 0521898382
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin by Charles Robert Darwin; Frederick Burkhardt (Editor); Sydney Smith (Editor); David Kohn (Associate Editor); William Montgomery (Associate Editor)
Call Number: QH31.D2 A33 1985

ISBN: 0521255872
The Darwin Reader by Charles Darwin
Call Number: QH302.D228 D2
The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin
Call Number: QH365 .D2 1998

ISBN: 1573921769
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin
Call Number: QH365 .D2 1874
Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870 by Charles Darwin
Call Number: QH31.D2 A4 2008

ISBN: 0521874122

"These letters written to and by Darwin chart his struggle to have his theories accepted."
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin
Call Number: QP401.D228 E9
The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin by Charles Darwin
Call Number: QH31.D2 A2 1959
On the Origin of Species (print) by Charles Darwin
Call Number: QH365 .O2 1964
On the Origin of Species... (ebook) by Charles Darwin
Call Number: Online - Free - Google Books
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Call Number: Online - EBSCO

ISBN: 9780192834386
The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs by Charles Darwin
Call Number: QE565.D228 S9

ISBN: 0520032829

"Reprinted from Geological observations on coral reefs, volcanic islands, and on South America, published by Smith, Elder, London, 1851."
The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin
Call Number: QH11.D228 V9
The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin
Call Number: Online - Ebook Central

ISBN: 1504035410

Publication Date: 2016-04-26

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