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History: Primary Sources

A guide to finding primary sources in history.

Contents

See also a list of newspapers on microfilm here, this guide on newspapers and magazines, and this guide for international news.

African American Newspapers

Colonial & U.S. Newspapers

For Oklahoma newspapers, see the tab to the left.
Also see this guide from the University of Illinois, with links to freely available digitized newspaper collections.

Foreign Newspapers

Africa
Asia
England/U.K.
Europe
Ethnic Presses
Latin America
Middle East
Russia/Former Soviet Union
Worldwide Sources

Current U.S. News (~1980s-present)

These databases provide access to current U.S. news. Dates vary, but generally, 1980s-present. See also Newspapers and Magazines GuideMicroform Collections - Newspapers, and International and Area Studies News.

Politics, Commentary, Culture

NOTES: Except for the Chronicle of Higher EducationNYT, and WSJ, access is to what was in print, not website-only content. May not contain the most current issue available.
NYT and WSJ