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A Guide To...History

Locating Primary Sources in Print

Start by searching the:

Search by an author from the time period or enter a subject in combination with any of the subject headings used to define primary sources:

 

Autobiographies
Correspondence
Diaries
Documents
Early works to…

Government docs
Interviews
Legal documents

Letters

 

Manuscripts
Memoirs
Narratives
Pamphlets

 

Photographs
Reminiscences
Sources
Speeches

 

In WorldCat, you may use any of the above strategies or limit your search to “archival materials.”

Databases for Primary Source Materials