Research Guides: POLS/INTS 480 Senior Seminar: Primary Sources@UWRF

Books in Library

Search@UW provides access to Primary Sources in serveral ways.

Limiting by scopes will focus results.

Everything the most general search

-Everything searches many database UWRF subscribes to. It includes Articles, Digital Objects, Ebooks , Digital Collections (Minds@UW, UWDC and UW Milwaukee ) and materials housed in UW libraries.

Books and Media@

UWRF - Limits search to UWRF materials
UW Libraries - search all the libraries in the UW System

Keywords such as "letters," "diary," "narratives" and "manuscripts" will focus search toward historical documents or first-person accounts.

Digital Collections

Minds@UW, University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, and UW Milwaukee's Digital Collections

Databases that Contain Primary Sources

Selected primary sources

OECDi library

United Nations

World Bank Reports

Accessible Archives
Contains 19th and 20th century primary material found in leading historic periodicals and books. Eyewitness accounts of historical events, descriptions of daily life, editorial observations, commerce as seen through advertisements.

Avalon Project
Provides access to primary source materials in the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. Most primary sources are linked to other documents expressly referred to in the body of the text.
Congressional Hearings & Serial Set
Congressional Hearings & Serial Set provides access to a comprehensive collection of historic and current congressional documents. This collection includes the full text of congressional publications, finding aids, a bill tracking service, and the full text of public laws. Because Congress studies public policy, social, and economic issues, the database is an effective source for general research in many academic disciplines, in addition to research related to specific legislative proposals and laws.

European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 (EBSCO)
This bibliographic database is a valuable index for libraries, scholars and individuals interested in European works that relate to the Americas. EBSCO Publishing, in cooperation with the John Carter Brown Library, has created this resource from “European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed In Europe Relating to The Americas, 1493-1750,” the authoritative bibliography that is well-known and respected by scholars worldwide.

Newspapers

America's Historical Newspapers (1690-1922) incl. Early Amer. Newspapers Series I - VII
Allows users to search more than 1,000 U.S. historical newspapers published between 1690 and 1922.
Lily (Accessible Archives)
The Lily, the first newspaper for women, was issued from 1849 until 1856). In was published in Seneca Falls, New York as a temperance journal.
New York Times (Historical:1851-2016) (Proquest)
Wall Street Journal (Historical: 1889-2003) (Proquest)
Wisconsin Newspapers Digital Research
Access to over 200 daily and weekly member-newspapers. Each edition is covered cover to cover in a searchable PDF.
Coverage: From April 2005 with a two month embargo period.

Digital Collections

American Memory Library of Congress

Open Access Primary Source Documents this list is maintained by ASU Libraries

Primary Source Collections (History) Library of Congress