Many digital collections available online through open access digital repositories contain primary sources that are publicly available for free. Primary sources are also available through the library's subscription-based databases accessible via MyCoyote.
When searching for and using online primary sources it is important to evaluate the credibility of the source. A helpful guide on finding, evaluating, and using online primary sources can be found on the Reference and User Services Association's (RUSA) website, http://www.ala.org/rusa/sections/history/resources/primarysources.
Searchable digital images of more than 6,500 historical periodical titles dating from 1693 to 1923. Covers the American Colonial era through World War I and the start of the Roaring Twenties. Sourced from the American Antiquarian Society.
Brings together digitized archival material from former colonies and Commonwealth nations across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Australasia, and the Americas, to provide valuable primary source material created for local audiences by local actors during a period of enormous global change. Collections: Papers of African Trade Unions; Political Pamphlets from the Institute of Commonwealth Studies; The Trades Union Congress Archive.
Digitized archival documents covering three pivotal decades (1943-1970) in the struggle for civil rights in America through the eyes and work of sociologists, activists, psychologists, teachers, ministers, students and housewives.
Brings together digitized archival material from former colonies and Commonwealth nations across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Australasia, and the Americas, to provide valuable primary source material created for local audiences by local actors during a period of enormous global change. Collections: Papers of African Trade Unions; Political Pamphlets from the Institute of Commonwealth Studies; The Trades Union Congress Archive.