Primary Sources Home: Internet Sites

"AFHSD is primarily the historical research and book writing element of the Air Force History program. Historians at AFHSD also provide historical information, analysis and perspective to Air Force leaders and their staffs to support planning, policy development and decision making. "

"Collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards — historical documents, literary texts, and works of art — thematically organized with notes and discussion questions."

"APM Reports strives to raise awareness, trigger debate and prompt positive change via non-partisan, independent investigative and documentary journalism."

Contains collections for a number of Colleges and Universities as well as well as other institutions. Many of the collections are publicly accessible.

"The Archives Hub enables you to search across a wealth of archives held at nearly 200 institutions in England, Scotland and Wales."

Listing of oral history websites provided by the Best of HistoryWebsites.

"This list of open-access, digitized diaries is designed to assist students and scholars interested in studying diaries in manuscript form."

An exhibit from the National Archives that includes some primary source eyewitness accounts about various events and times periods from American history.

Designed to present history "through the eyes of those who lived it." The site is provided by Ibis Communications, Inc. (http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/ibis.htm), a publisher of educational programming. Browse the site by category to find information. The site also includes some audio recordings designed to be listened to using RealPlayer. There is an index of the site and it can also be searched.

Google's book digitization project provides access to a vast online collection of books, many are completely full-text. Others are limited to a preview or publication information only.
To limit the search to only items with the full view, use the the Free Google ebooks link on the left side of the screen after completing a search or use the advanced search and select Full View

Archive of news older than 30 days. Some items may be free for articles requiring a fee, CNU Students, Faculty & Staff should check the Journal Finder Database to find articles available from CNU.
Articles not available from CNU can be requested via Interlibrary Loan

"The most comprehensive and well-researched anthology of all time comprises both the 50-volume “5-foot shelf of books” and the 20-volume Shelf of Fiction. Together they cover every major literary figure, philosopher, religion, folklore and historical subject through the twentieth century."

A part of the A&E television networks, this site provides information on History Channel programming. The site includes a "History of the World Timeline" and a "This Day in History/What Happened on Your Birthday" features. Historical video and audio clips are available, a discussion area, information for teachers, and weekly quizzes can also be found on the site.

A collection of freely available texts provided by the Humanities Text Initiative at the University of Michigan.

"... a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use. Primary sources are available here primarily for use in high-school and university/college courses."

A resource designed to help users locate internet based information on Latin America. It is part of the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) and the Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas at Austin.

"This site features links to online exhibitions that have been created by libraries, archives, and historical societies, as well as to museum online exhibitions with a significant focus on library and archival materials. The scope is international and multi-lingual." Provided by the Smithsonian Institution Libraries.

Starting points for locating primary source material at the Library of Congress.

"The extensive collections at the Library of Congress contain historic artifacts and cultural materials from across the U.S. "

"this re-creation of PT Barnum’s American Museum as a lens into mid-19th century New York City and antebellum America. The Lost Museum website offers visitors a visualization and spacial interpretation of this extraordinary institution as well as an innovative way to learn and teach about the many issues and events of the period. "

Information and other resources related to the history of the U.S. Navy.

"The Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (ncse) is a free, online scholarly edition of six nineteenth-century periodicals and newspapers. It is a collaboration between Birkbeck, University of London, King’s College London (Centre for Computing in the Humanities and the Department of English), the British Library, and Olive Software. It was funded from January 2005 to December 2007 by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

The edition is intended to be of use for anybody with an interest in nineteenth-century literature, history or culture, as well as those interested in the history of the press, or print culture more broadly. It combines easy to use browse functions with advanced searching of the content and the metadata"

"The Online Books Page is a website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. It also aims to encourage the development of such online books, for the benefit and edification of all." The site was developed and is maintained by John Mark Ockerbloom of the Univeristy of Pennsylvania. The site provides an index to over 20,000 works in various formats available on the internet. It also includes a list of links to large, general, mostly English language digitzed collections.

Provides access to "The best free cultural & educational media on the web." It includes films & videos, ebooks & audiobooks, online courses, etc. It covers a wide variety of topics.

"The purpose of the Open Video Project is to collect and make available a repository of digitized video content for the digital video, multimedia retrieval, digital library, and other research communities." Users can search for videos or browse by a number of categories: Genre, Duration, Color, Sound, or Collections. Information is provided about the video along with a link to download it. Videos may require browser plug-ins for viewing.

Free ebooks in a variety of formats available for download. The focus is on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired.

"...the Smithsonian Learning Lab puts the treasures of the world's largest museum, education, and research complex within reach. The Lab is a free, interactive platform for discovering millions of authentic digital resources, creating content with online tools, and sharing in the Smithsonian's expansive community of knowledge and learning. "

Information and materials related to the history of the U.S. Army.

Includes images, oral histories, and historic documents related to the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.