Research Guides: HIST 3366: Modern European Military History: Find Primary Sources

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Primary Sources in Library Databases

British Periodicals I & II This link opens in a new window British periodicals, late 17th to early 20th centuries. History of Britain and its colonies, as well as a British view of events in America and the world.
Burney Collection: 17th- & 18th-Century Newspapers & More This link opens in a new window Early English newspapers, pamphlets, and books, 17th and 18th centuries.
Early English Books Online (EEBO) This link opens in a new window Virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and British North America, as well as works in English printed elsewhere, from 1473-1700.
Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2015 This link opens in a new window New content is added each year. Consult the resource itself for the most recent content available.
Every issue of The Economist from 1843 to 2015, including full-color images, multiple search indexes, and browsing facilities. Timely reporting, concise commentary, and comprehensive analysis of global news, including political, business, scientific, technological, and cultural developments and the connections between them.
Eighteenth (18th) Century Collections Online (ECCO) This link opens in a new window English-language and foreign-language titles printed in the United Kingdom, 1701-1800, and thousands of important works from the Americas. Books, pamphlets, broadsides, and ephemera.
Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842-2003 This link opens in a new window Complete, full-color run of the worlds most iconic illustrated newspaper. Covers topics such as news, wars, royal events, scientific invention, exploration, fashion, and more.
The Times Digital Archive, 1785 to 2014 This link opens in a new window "World's newspaper of record." Covers all major international historical events. Every page of every issue, from 1785 to 2014.

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A Sampling of Primary Source Collections Online

European History Primary Sources
A portal to websites that provide some open access online primary sources in European history. (European Univ. Institute)
EuroDocs
Collection of websites containing transcriptions, facsimiles and translations of various primary sources on topics throughout European history. These documents range in time period from ancient to modern, and are also organized geographically by country. (Brigham Young Univ.)
Europeana
Digital library containing 4 million items, including images, texts, audio and video, from European museums, galleries, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections. (European Commission & Oxford Univ.)
Archives Portal Europe
"The Archives Portal Europe provides access to information on archival material from different European countries as well as information on archival institutions throughout the continent." A strategic partner of Europeana. (APEx project supported by the European Commission)
Internet Modern History Sourcebook
Collection of links to digitized or transcribed sources available on the web.
Wilson Center Digital Archive: International History Declassified "Contains once-secret documents from governments all across the globe" in "the history of international relations and diplomacy," focusing on "the interrelated histories of the Cold War, Korea, and Nuclear Proliferation." (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars)
French Revolution Digital Archive
Collaboration of the Stanford University Libraries and the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) to provide digital access to key research sources of the French Revolution. The archive is based around two main resources: the Archives parlementaires, and a vast corpus of images known as the Images de la Revolution française. (Stanford Univ., BnF)
Great War (World War I) Archive
WWI poetry, photographs, audio, film, official documents, propaganda posters, memorabilia, etc. (Univ. of Oxford & European Commission)
World War One - European Sources
Historical sources from both sides of the conflict, contributed by institutions from across Europe. (British Library)

HIST 3366: Modern European Military History

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Other Research Guides on Specific Wars

Primary Sources in Library Databases

Video: Finding Primary Sources in the Library Catalog

What is a Primary Source?

A Sampling of Primary Source Collections Online

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