Am Baile Explore the history and culture of the Scottish Highlands and Islands through digitised books, pamphlets, photographs, illustrations and audio-visual resources.
Search the Newspaper Index of stories and articles carried in the newspapers of the Highlands and Islands. It contains a short abstract and a reference to which the issue the article is contained.
Trove.scot A new platform which brings together Historic Environment Scotland’s wealth of unique and diverse collections in one convenient place. It combines information from our Historic Environment Portal, Canmore, SCRAN, and Property in Care Collections.
Following the launch of trove.scot in February 2025, Historic Environment Scotland are retiring some of their web services on 24th June 2025 including the Scran.ac.uk, the website, and the contents are being transferred to trove.scot, thus safeguarding the resource for the future.
Highland Archives – Learn with Lorna
Part of a series of online events to share the collections of the Highland Archive Service and learn about Highland history. This Livecast is being brought to you by High Life Highland via Highland Archives Facebook. All previous episodes can be seen on Archives – Learn with Lorna YouTube.
Additional Resources
Scottish Local History Directory Search resources and collections held by museums, archives, libraries, family and local history societies, individuals and specialist groups. The online directory is free to use and free to add your listing. Go to the Scottish Local History Directory
Scottish Poetry Library – The Scottish Poetry Library is a unique national resource and advocate for the art of poetry, and Scottish poetry in particular.
Google Arts & Culture– An online platform of high-resolution images and videos of artworks and cultural artifacts from partner cultural organizations throughout the world.
Cultural Resources and Ratabases
