Newspaper & Magazine Articles (Primary Sources)
Some of the research tools listed below have the full text of primary sources and some will help you identify primary sources that you then need to request via the IDS service.
- Google News Archive SearchIndexes Time, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Guardian and The Washington Post, some magazines,
and aggregators including Factiva, LexisNexis, Thomson Gale and HighBeam Research, offfering citations and some content free,
with links to free and fee-based content. - Google Book Search Many full text books, many that just have excerpts and snippets.
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers This link opens in a new windowThis site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1910 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
- Rochester HistoryThis database offers full-text articles written by the historian(s) of the city of Rochester. Although the articles themselves are secondary sources, they are based on primary sources. Articles cover all eras of Rochester and Western New York history.
- Readers' Guide Retrospective This link opens in a new windowComprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States from 1890 - 1982. Reflects the history of 20th century America.
- Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 This link opens in a new windowBrings together articles, books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies, documenting the multiplicity of women’s reform activities. ”Teaching Tools” has 21 comprehensive lesson plans with over 100 lesson ideas and six Document-Based Question units.
- AfricaBib This link opens in a new windowLists articles from periodicals that specialize in African Studies or consistently cover the African continent. Indexes articles from over 246 English language and multi-lingual journals and periodicals.
Legal Documents
- HeinOnline This link opens in a new windowAn ever-expanding database that specializes in offering original PDF copies of full-runs of legal collections. It includes: most major legal periodicals, federal and state statutes, court decisions, attorney general reports and opinions, federal legislative history materials, treaties, foreign & international law material, and numerous specialized legal collections. The text of collections are fully searchable and there are tools to browse or find items by citation.
- Supreme Court Opinions (via Cornell Law School)Includes Supreme Court opinions under the auspices of Project Hermes, the Court's electronic-dissemination project.
- U.S. Judicial Branch ResourcesContains links to U.S. Judicial Branch resources on the web as well as other sites specializing in legal information.
Legislative Documents
- Congress.govProvides full-text access to current and recent U.S. Congressional and legislative documents. Includes some historical documents.
- United Nations Treaty CollectionA searchable database of all multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary- General of the United Nations and those formerly deposited with the League of Nations - their latest status and a link to the full texts.
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Presidential Documents
- American MemoryProvides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
Web Pages with Historical Speeches, Interviews or Broadcasts
- History and Politics Out LoudA searchable archive of politically significant audio materials for scholars, teachers, and students. HPOL is a component of 'Historical Voices' funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with Michigan State University.
For even more, visit our Library Guide for finding primary sources online.
