Primary Sources Research Databases
19th Century Masterfile (Including Poole's)
The 19th Century Masterfile is an accumulation of various indexes to printed materials from the nineteenth century. The library subscribes to Series I, which includes the following:
Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, 1802-1907
Index to Legal Periodical Literature, 1786-1922
An Alphabetical Subject Index and Index Encyclopedia to Periodical Articles on Religion, 1890-1899
Index to Periodicals, 1890-1902
Access Newspaper Archive
Browse the full text (PDF) of millions of pages of newspapers published in more than 400 cities and towns across the United States as well as in Canada, Jamaica and other countries from 1759 to 1977..
America's Historical Newspapers
Contains the full-text of hundreds of historic newspapers listed in Clarence Brigham's authoritative bibliography and in additional subsequent bibliographies. Includes: Early American Newspapers, Series 1 (1690-1876).
American Periodicals Series Online (1740-1900)
APS is a collection of 1,100 periodicals that began publishing between 1740 and 1900, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, and children's and women's magazines.Each journal is indexed in its entirely and includes full page images.
Avalon Project at Yale Law School
A Collection of digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy, and Government from the
pre-18th through 21st centuries.
Chicago Tribune (Historical, 1849-1985)
The Chicago Tribune offers full page and article images with searchable full-text back to the first issue.
Early Encounters in North America: People, Cultures, and the Environment
This project documents the relationships among peoples from 1534 to 1850. The collection presents the perspectives of traders, slaves, missionaries, explorers, soldiers, officials, native americans, and others.
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800
Full-text collection of books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, government documents and ephemera printed in America from 1639-1800. This collection is based on the bibliography originally compiled and edited by Charles Evans.
Hartford Courant Historical (1764-1976)
Full images of the complete Hartford Courant from 1764-1976. Contains full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.
Historical Statistics of the United States
The standard source for the quantitative facts of American history. Topics ranging from migration and health to crime and the Confederate States of America are each placed in historical context by a recognized expert in the field. This fully searchable electronic edition allows users to graph individual tables and create customized tables and spreadsheets reflecting their own particular areas of interest.
In the First Person: Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories, and other Personal Narratives
Provides indexing of more than 2,500 collections of oral history from around the world. There are more than 260,000 pages of full-text by over 9,000 individuals from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds.
Readers Guide Retrospective
A comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States. The database allows for searching the records of an entire century (1890-1982) of popular magazine coverage, reflecting the history of the 20th century America and its evolving attitudes and cultures. It searches the equivalent of 44 printed cumulations.
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 (Scholar's Edition)
The Scholar's Edition of Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 includes all content from the "basic" edition along with the addition an important new resource: The Women's Commission Reports collection, an archive of the publications and documents of local, state, and federal Commissions on the Status of Women from 1963 to the present.
Search the Library Catalog (CONSULS)
Note: REF = Reference Dept. – Third Floor
American Decades Primary Sources (REF E169.1 A47 v.1-10)
Detroit: Gale, c2004
The Revolutionary era: primary documents on events from 1776 to 1800 (REF E203 H88)
Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, c.2003
The Early Republic: primary documents on events from 1799 to 1820 (REF E301 E15)
Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 2004
The Civil War: primary documents on events from 1860 to 1865 (REF E464 C54)
Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, c.2004
The Progressive Era: primary documents on events from 1890 to 1914 (REF E661 B98)
Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, c.2004
The Reconstruction Era: primary documents on events from 1865 to 1877 (REF E668 D545)
Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, c.2003
American Speeches (REF E183 A498 pt.1-2)
New York: Library of America Penguin Putnam, c.2006
100 key documents in American Democracy (REF E173 A15)
Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, c.1994
Documents of American History (REF E173 D59 v.1-2)
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, c.1988
Documents in World History (REF D5 D623 v.1-2)
New York: Harper & Row c.1988
Our documents: 100 milestone documents from the National Archives (REF E173 U62)
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, c2003
The American Republic: primary sources (REF E173 A7535)
Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, c2002
Burritt Library-Online help with research
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