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A Primary Source is an original record created about a time period or event by someone who actually witnessed the event, participated in it, or lived at the time that it happened.
Here are some suggested resources to use to locate primary sources on your topic.
Primary Source Resources
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New York Times HistoricalThis database offers full-text coverage to the New York Times from 1851-2013, including news articles,photos, advertisements, classified ads, obituaries, cartoons, and more.
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JSTORJSTOR's archival journal collections include more than 2,000 journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences.
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OAIsterOAIster is a catalog of millions of records that represent, digital, primary source materials from thousands of open access collections worldwide.
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Accessible ArchivesContains archived historical information previously available only in microformat, hard copy form or as images. Material includes accounts of historical events, descriptions of daily life, editorial observations and advertisements.
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Internet ArchiveInternet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
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Chronicling America - Historic American NewspapersChronicling America provides access to select historic newspapers from 1777 to 1963.
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African American ExperienceThrough primary sources and the lens of prominent scholars, this database gives voice to the African American experience from its African origins to the present day. Coverage ranges from detailed accounts of defining moments and movements to critical perspectives on timely and enduring topics such as stop-and-frisk, educational desegregation, and voting rights.
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African American Studies CenterThe Oxford African American Studies Center contains reference works focusing on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture.
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Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and EpidemicsThis online collection offers important historical perspectives on the science and public policy of epidemiology today and contributes to the understanding of the global, social–history, and public–policy implications of diseases.
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US National Library of Medicine Digital CollectionsA free online repository of biomedical resources including books, manuscripts, still images, videos, and maps.
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Immigration to the US, 1789-1930A collection of selected historical materials from Harvard's libraries, archives, and museums that documents voluntary immigration to the United States from the signing of the Constitution to the onset of the Great Depression. includes more than 2,200 books, pamphlets, and serials, totaling over 400,000 pages; more than 1,800 archives and manuscripts selections, totaling over 9,600 pages; over 100 individually cataloged maps; and more than 7,800 photographs.