I. Finding Secondary Sources
To find books search the Library Catalog
To find articles search Historical Abstracts or JSTOR
II. Finding Primary Sources
1. Search the Library Catalog to find primary sources in the SMC Library. Put in the topic you are interested in along with one of the following terms:
- sources
- personal narratives
- autobiography
- correspondence
- diaries
- documentary history
To find books at other libraries, search WorldCat. You can use the Year feature to limit to books published at a particular time.
To find online books use Google Book Search. This contains the full text of books written before 1923 and excerpts of many books written later. You can use the Custom Range date feature to limit to books published at a particular time.
2. Search for newspaper or magazine articles by reporters who were eye witnesses to key events
Times (London) Digital Archive 1785-1985
Historical Newspapers (New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post)
Reader's Guide Retrospective (Magazines from 1890 to 1982)
3. Search Internet Sites for Primary Sources:
General
Modern History Sourcebook
Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy
EuroDocs
European Library
Project Gutenberg
Britain and the Victorian Era
London Lowlife
Proceedings of London's Central Criminal Court 1674-1913
Victorian Web
Charles Booth Online Archive
France and the French Revolution
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
Russia and Eastern Europe
Making the History of 1989
Wars and Wartime
World at War: Understanding Conflict & Society
World War I Document Archive
First World War
Imperial War Museum
Peace and War in the 20th Century
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Cold War History
National Security Archive
Art History
Van Gogh Letters
III. Citing Sources
For guides to citing sources in APA, Chicago, or MLA format, see Citation Guides
This page is maintained by John Payne