The Datasheet Archive is a large free resource for electronic component

Electronic component

An electronic component is a basic electronic element and may be available in a discrete form having two or more electrical terminals . These are intended to be connected together, usually by soldering to a printed circuit board, in order to create an electronic circuit with a particular function...

datasheets and scanned data books. In 2003, the company launched an ambitious effort to digitize thousands of obsolete data books and technical manuals, making them searchable via their Datasheet Archive website.

In August 2008 the new Datasheet Archive was launched with a unique and powerful new search engine, allowing full text searching of around 100 million datasheets.