Primary Sources

Digital collection of historical American newspapers from the Library of Congress. Coverage from 1789 to present.

Google Books' digital archive of the American weekly general-interest magazine Life Magazine. Coverage from 1936 to 1972.

E-Book through Gale Virtual Reference Library
Also available in print: Reference Collection E169.1 .A471977 2004 v. 1-10

Located in the PC Reference Collection: E203 .A577 2000

PC Reference Collection: E187 .S23 2000

Call No.: PC REFERENCE CB69 .D35 2009

Located in the Reference Collection: REF E839.5 .H57
Each book covers an entire year and includes primary sources, information on important events of the year, and provides context for each document covering U.S. & world events. Search for specific topics using the Index.

Call No.: HQ1587 .L58 2001

Located in the PC Reference Collection: D113 .M49 2001

PC Reference Collection: D5 .M55 2009

E-book available through ebrary

E-Book through Gale Virutal Reference Library
Also available in print in PC Reference Collection: E185 .S797 2003

The Archives Hub enables you to search across a wealth of archives held at nearly 200 institutions in England, Scotland and Wales.

A variety of topics are covered in the Census Atlas, ranging from language and ancestry characteristics to housing patterns and the geographic distribution of the population. A majority of the maps in the Census Atlas present data at the county level, but data also are sometimes mapped by state, census tract (for largest cities and metropolitan areas), and for selected American Indian reservations. The book is modern, colorful, and includes a variety of map styles and data symbolization techniques.The Census Atlas aggregates and analyzes information from censuses prior to 2000.

Makes millions of materials from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions across the country available to all in a one-stop discovery experience.

Consortium of American libraries and museums providing free online access to their collections of pre-modern manuscripts.

Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering free universal access to books, movies & music, as well as 366 billion archived web pages.

From Fordham University

The John Carter Brown Library preserves one of the world’s premier collections of primary sources related to all aspects of the so-called “New World” during the period stretching from the late-fifteenth century to the middle of the nineteenth century.

Dates: 1000 - 1500 Freely accessible digitized Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts.

Hosted by Tufts University the Perseus Digital Library covers the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world.

RIAMCO is the gateway to information about archival collections in Rhode Island. Search the database’s finding aids to discover what historical materials are available for research and where those collections are located.

Makes millions of materials from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions across the country available to all in a one-stop discovery experience.

The 'Map History' site forms part of the WWW-Virtual Library. It offers a non-commercial mixture of comment and tips (spread over about 100 'pages') and many thousands of links to free sites.

Dates: 1482-1932
Maps from the colonial era Americas, from Hudson Bay to Tierra del Fuego.

Dates: 1136-2006
17,000 digitized US and world historical maps.

Dates: 1871-present
From the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. The freely available Djvu Browser Plug-In is required for viewing the maps.

Dates: 843-2015
Large collection of US and world maps.

Dates: 1740-present
Portal to several historical map collections.