Primary Sources

There are many databases that provide access to primary sources from various places, times, and topics. Consult the Primary sources guide for general recommendations on which databases to use for your area of research.

Websites

These websites contain information on different kinds of historical sources, research, and scholarship.

General

• Ancient History Sourcebook
• Internet Medieval Sourcebook
• Internet Modern History Sourcebook
• History of Science Sourcebook
• Women's History Sourcebook
• The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School: Documents

Associations and societies

• Association for Canadian Studies
• Canadian Historical Association
• American Historical Association
• History of Science Society
• Historical Association

Government information

• Finding government resources & information (SFU guide)
• Government resources: Canadian federal, provincial, and local (SFU guide)
• History and Heritage - Canada.ca
• GovSearch - Province of British Columbia

Military History and War

• World War I Document Archive
• World War II General Resources
• A People's History of the Holocaust and Genocide
• WWII Archive

By Region

Canada

• Library and Archives Canada
• Early Canadiana Online
• SFU Digital Collections
• University of Calgary Digital Collections

United States of America

• Library of Congress Digital Collections
• Library of Congress Teacher Resources
• The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
• Cornell University Library Making of America Collection
• National Constitution Center - Historic Documents

Europe

• British History Online
• Eurodocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe

Latin America

• Handbook of Latin American Studies
• New Mexico State University - Border & Latin American information

Africa

• African Studies - Columbia University
• African History Sourcebook

Asia

• East Asian History Sourcebook
• Indian History Sourcebook

Middle East

• Internet Islamic History Sourcebook
• Internet Jewish History Sourcebook