Ever wonder what some of your favorite or frequently visited websites
looked like 5 years ago, 10 years ago, or even 15 years ago? Take a
moment to check out the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, available at
http://archive.org/web/. This
tool provides snapshots of websites at various intervals, beginning in
1996. If you're feeling especially nostalgic, try looking up the old
versions of AOL.com.
While it can be a lot of fun to revisit the
days of dial-up, the Wayback Machine can also be a serious research
tool. Remember that information found on websites is not static, and
what is available today may be gone tomorrow. In addition to taking its
own snapshots, the Wayback Machine offers a tool that allows you to
capture a web page at a particular point in time.
For some timely news on another project from the Internet Archive, see a recent post on the Law Librarians blog.
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