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An archive is a collection of historical documents and records that are carefully preserved and organized for study and reference. Archives matter because they provide evidence of the past and help us understand how institutions, communities, and societies have developed over time.
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Research
58,218 papers- Making use of the Archives' archive.Archives of disease in childhood · 2019Scott-Jupp R, Brown NDOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-318075
- Cost analysis of archives in the pathology laboratories: from safety to management.ReviewJournal of clinical pathology · 2023Eccher A, Dei Tos AP, Scarpa A et al.DOI: 10.1136/jcp-2023-209035
- Archives and amazons: A quilters guide to the lesbian archive.Journal of lesbian studies · 2024Ford SJDOI: 10.1080/10894160.2024.2313381
- Animal behavior missing from data archives.Trends in ecology & evolution · 2021Miller SE, Jernigan CM, Legan AW et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.07.008
- Development of Malaria Digital Archives in Myanmar Through Official Development Assistance and Their Narrative Review.ReviewPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Kanda KDOI: 10.3390/pathogens14050481
- Science, institutional archives and open access: an overview and a pilot survey on the Italian cancer research institutions.ReviewJournal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2010Poltronieri E, Truccolo I, Di Benedetto C et al.DOI: 10.1186/1756-9966-29-168
- Big data in radiation biology and epidemiology; an overview of the historical and contemporary landscape of data and biomaterial archives.ReviewInternational journal of radiation biology · 2019Schofield PN, Kulka U, Tapio S et al.DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2019.1589026
- [Banks, archives or libraries? Models for the ethical foundation of biobanks].Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) · 2021Feiler T, Schlote Y, Schunkert H et al.DOI: 10.1055/a-1294-1291
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Users and institutions
- Academic
- Business (for profit)
- Government
- Church
- Motion pictures, film, and audio and video tape
- Non-profit
- Web archiving
- Dark archives
- Other
- Standardization
- Protection
- Limitations and alternatives
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials, in any medium, or the physical facility in which they are located.
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