LibGuides: HIST 4960: Senior Seminar: Primary Sources Online

Library Collections Online

Early English Books This link opens in a new window
Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains digital page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and British North America, and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700 - from the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War.
Includes titles in the STC I (Pollard and Redgrave, 1475-1640), Wing (STC II, 1641-1700) and Thomason catalogs
New York Times Historical Newspaper This link opens in a new window
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Newspapers are often not considered primary sources, but sometimes can be depending on the topic. For each research question, the definition of what constitutes a primary source may vary depending on the context and what is available. Carefully consider the requirements for your research.
Covers through five years ago. Use the ProQuest Global Newsstream for articles from the most recent years.

Primary Sources Online

Library of Congress Digital Collections - American History This link opens in a new window
Historical records on U.S. History arranged by subject from the National Digital Library at Library of Congress. Includes written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music.

California Digital Newspaper Collection (CDNC)
Project of the Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research (CBSR) at UC Riverside. A selection of early California newspaper images.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
American newspaper pages from 1836-1922; (digitized historical newspapers).
Colonial North American Project at Harvard University
This website provides access to some of the remarkable materials digitized as part of the ongoing, multi-year Colonial North American Project at Harvard University.
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
This collection, generated by a consortium of CSU Archives, features documents, oral histories, photographs and other materials relating to the incarceration of Japanese American during World War II.
Making of America, Cornell University
The Cornell University Library Making of America Collection is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. This site provides access to 267 monograph volumes and over 100,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints.
Hathi Trust
HathiTrust Digital Library is a digital preservation repository and provides long-term preservation and access services to digitized content from a variety of sources, including Google, the Internet Archive, Microsoft, and in-house member institution initiatives. Items in the public domain are in full-view for everyone and items held in copyright are searchable.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

For More Information

Finding Primary Sources for History Research
This CSU Long Beach guide has even more detailed tips on searching OneSearch, the internet, and links to a variety of online primary source collections

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Central Valley History

Central Valley History LibGuide

Select works on history and local information for California's Central Valley