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History: Primary Resources

A guide dedicated to primary resources related to United States and international history.

Multi-media databases: History

A good starting place, these full-text databases provide both secondary and primary resources:

General Research Databases

These general databases provide mainly secondary source materials. You can use the footnotes and bibliographies of secondary sources to locate a primary source.

 

Locate Historical Periodical Literature using a (mostly) 19th-century Index

E Journals & Print Journals at FSU

E-Journals:  
Enter the title of the journal you need
in the Full Text Journal Finder
to link to the journal if it is available online
through a database and/or the publisher.

Print Journals   (paper, microfilm and microfiche):

To find a listing of where a print journal, magazine, or newspaper is located (either upstairs in the Periodicals Area
on the Upper Mezzanine (UM) or downstairs in the Lower Reading Room [LRR] one flight down from the main floor in the Lower Mezzanine).

1.  Enter the title of the journal you need
in the Full Text Journal Finder  (see link above)

2.  For a list of F.S.U.'s print periodical holdings (paper or microforms), look for the F.S.U Periodical Holdings List, in the red binders
You can find those red binders in the Periodicals Area and at the Reference desk.  
 

3.  Search the MLN Online Catalog for individual periodical titles.
 

Compilation of Presidential Documents

Key Databases

Secondary Sources

Most of the articles in these databases are secondary source materials; however, looking through the footnotes and bibliography of a secondary source may be helpful in locating the primary sources.

Databases from the Boston Public Library

The Boston Public Library provides access to additional JSTOR journals that we do not subscribe to at FSU. You will need to apply for a BPL ecard in order to view the databases.  Anyone who is a resident of Massachusetts can apply for an ecard.