Saint Michael's College

History 107: Modern Europe

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

Project Gutenberg

Britain and the Victorian Era

Proceedings of London's Central Criminal Court 1674-1913