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Their stated mission is to provide "universal access to all knowledge." In addition to its archiving function, the Archive is an activist organization, advocating for a free and open Internet.</div></div></ul></div><div class=clearfix id=s-lg-content-52469958><p>Currently, the Archive provides free, public access to:<ul><li>410 billion web pages (accessible via the <a href=http://web.archive.org> Wayback Machine </a> )<li>20 million books and texts<li>4.5 million audio recordings (including 180,000 live concerts)<li>4 million videos (including 1.6 million Television News programs <span class="c3 c4"> ) </span><li>3 million images<li>200,000 software programs (including historic computer applications, vintage console & arcade games, and more)</ul><p>Registered users can upload their own content to the Archive.</div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=s-lg-box-wrapper-27111448 id=s-lg-box-wrapper-27111448><div class=s-lib-box-container id=s-lg-box-23103186-container><div class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"id=s-lg-box-23103186><h2 class=s-lib-box-title>What is the Wayback Machine?</h2><div id=s-lg-box-collapse-23103186><div class=s-lib-box-content><div><ul class="s-lg-link-list s-lg-link-list-2"id=s-lg-link-list-55199389><li class="s-lg-tn-li clearfix"><div id=s-lg-content-52476313><span> <a onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '52476313'});"href=https://web.archive.org target=_blank> <div class="s-lg-tn pad-right-sm"id=s-lg-tn-52476313><img alt="Wayback Machine logo"class="pull-left margin-right-sm"loading=lazy src=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Wayback_Machine_logo_2010.svg/546px-Wayback_Machine_logo_2010.svg.png width=120></div> </a> </span></div></ul></div><div class=clearfix id=s-lg-content-52476402><p>The Wayback Machine (web.archive.org) is a digital archive of the World Wide Web. Since its launch in 2001, over 452 billion pages have been added to the archive.<p>Users can enter a URL to view and interact with past versions of any website contained in the Archive, even if the site no longer exists on the "live" web.</div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=s-lg-box-wrapper-27108800 id=s-lg-box-wrapper-27108800><div class=s-lib-box-container id=s-lg-box-23100862-container><div class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"id=s-lg-box-23100862><h2 class=s-lib-box-title>Do I Need to Register?</h2><div id=s-lg-box-collapse-23100862><div class=s-lib-box-content><div class=clearfix id=s-lg-content-52471035><p><strong> No! </strong> Most content in the Archive is in the Public Domain and can be streamed or downloaded by any user, without the need to register or sign in.<p>However, by signing up for an Internet Archive account, you gain access to a number of features, including:<ul><li>access to over <a href=https://archive.org/details/inlibrary> 1.3 million modern ( <em> in copyright </em> ) ebooks </a> that registered users can borrow.<li>a personal web archive that lets you add new sites to the Wayback Machine<li>the ability to freely upload your own content to the Archive<li>API access for bulk uploading/downloading and software integration</ul><p><a href=http://archive.org/account/signup> Sign up for a free account at archive.org </a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><ul class="pager s-lib-hide"id=s-lg-page-prevnext><li class=previous><li class=next><a href=https://middlebury.libguides.com/internetarchive/spec-collectionsinternetarchive> <strong> Next: </strong> Middlebury Special Collections at Internet Archive >> </a></ul></div></div></div><div class="s-lib-footer footer container s-lib-side-borders"id=s-lib-footer-public><div class="pad-top-sm pad-left-med clearfix"id=s-lg-guide-header-meta><ul id=s-lg-guide-header-attributes><li class=s-lg-h-separator id=s-lg-guide-header-updated><span class=s-lg-guide-label> Last Updated: </span> <span class=s-lg-text-greyout> Feb 24, 2021 11:21 AM </span><li class=s-lg-h-separator id=s-lg-guide-header-url><span class=s-lg-guide-label> URL: </span> <span class=s-lg-text-greyout> https://middlebury.libguides.com/internetarchive </span><li id=s-lg-guide-print-url><a href="javascript: window.print();"> <i class="fa fa-print"title="Print Page"aria-hidden=true> </i> Print Page </a></ul><div class="pull-right pad-right-med"id=s-lib-footer-login-link><a href=https://middlebury.libapps.com/libapps/login.php?site_id=7254&target64=L2xpYmd1aWRlcy9hZG1pbl9jLnBocD9nPTEwMDQ4OTcmcD03Mjc5NTc2> Login to LibApps </a></div></div><div class="pad-bottom-sm clearfix"><div class="pull-right pad-right-med"id=s-lib-footer-support-link><a href=mailto:refdesk@middlebury.edu> Report a problem </a></div><div class="pad-top-sm pad-left-med pad-right-med pull-left"id=s-lg-guide-header-subjects><span class=s-lg-guide-label> Subjects: </span><span class="s-lg-small bold"> <a href=https://middlebury.libguides.com/sb.php?subject_id=195646> Archives </a> , <a href=https://middlebury.libguides.com/sb.php?subject_id=160787> Digital Scholarship </a> , <a href=https://middlebury.libguides.com/sb.php?subject_id=85757> How to </a> , <a href=https://middlebury.libguides.com/sb.php?subject_id=194516> Special Collections </a> </span></div><div class="pad-top-sm pad-left-med"id=s-lg-guide-header-tags></div></div></div><div id=s-lib-scroll-top><a aria-label="Back to Top"title="Back to Top"href=javascript:void(0); onclick=jQuery('body').focus();> <span class="fa-stack fa-lg"aria-hidden=true> <i class="fa fa-square-o fa-stack-2x"> </i> <i class="fa fa-angle-double-up fa-stack-1x"style="position:relative; bottom:2px;"> </i> </span> </a></div><div id=s-lib-alert><div id=s-lib-alert-content></div></div>