**How to use the Internet Archive — Transcript & Summary | SozAI**
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Learn how to use the Internet Archive and its Wayback Machine to access over 500 billion archived web pages for free.

## Key Takeaways

- The Internet Archive is a vast, free digital library founded to preserve knowledge.
- The Wayback Machine is a key tool for accessing historical web pages.
- Users can search the Wayback Machine by URL or keyword, though keyword search is unique.
- The archive spans over two decades, making it valuable for research and historical reference.
- The platform is designed to be accessible and easy to navigate.

## What the video covers

- Introduction by Alexis Rossi, librarian and director of collections at the Internet Archive.
- Overview of the Internet Archive as a non-profit library founded in 1996.
- Mission to bring all human knowledge online and make it freely accessible.
- Focus on the Wayback Machine, containing over 500 billion archived web pages.
- Wayback Machine archives span 24 years of internet history.
- Two main search methods: by URL or by keyword.
- Keyword search differs from typical search engines like Google.
- Demonstration of searching by URL using a personal webpage example.
- Navigation tips for accessing the Wayback Machine from the Internet Archive homepage.
- Emphasis on the accessibility and breadth of archived internet content.

Answers

## Questions about this video

What is the Internet Archive?

The Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library founded in 1996 with the mission to bring all human knowledge online and make it freely accessible.

What is the Wayback Machine?

The Wayback Machine is a collection within the Internet Archive that contains over 500 billion archived web pages spanning 24 years of internet history.

How can I search the Wayback Machine?

You can search the Wayback Machine either by entering a specific URL or by using keyword searches, although keyword searching works differently than on Google.

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Hi, my name is Alexis Rossi, I'm a librarian and also the director of collections at the Internet Archive.

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The Internet Archive is a non-profit library that was founded to bring all of human knowledge online and make it accessible for free to everyone.

00:21

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The Internet Archive was founded in 1996 and our original mission was to archive the internet.

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So, the first collection I'm going to show you today is the Wayback Machine.

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The Wayback contains more than 500 billion archived web pages, spanning 24 years of internet history.

00:39

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And it is searchable either from our front page, right here.

00:43

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Or if you go into the media nav down up here and open the web section, it is searchable right here.

00:53

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For the moment, let's actually go to the front page of the Wayback Machine, and we can do that by clicking on the logo.

00:58

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Now, there's a whole lot of information on this page.

01:04

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But the main thing you're probably going to want to do while you're here is search.

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There's two ways to search.

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Either by URL or by keyword.

01:17

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Keyword searching's not exactly like it is on Google.

01:20

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We'll talk about that in a minute.

01:23

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Uh, but first, let's say I know what URL I'm looking for.

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In this case, I'll just look for my own personal webpage.

Topics: Internet Archive Wayback Machine web archive digital library internet history archived web pages free access Alexis Rossi non-profit online knowledge


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