When searching print and online access tools, use search terms such as SOURCES,
CORRESPONDENCE, PERSONAL NARRATIVES, DIARIES, SERMONS, SPEECHES, LAW AND LEGISLATION.
Look for primary sources referenced in secondary and tertiary sources. Use textbooks, class, and library bibliographies for recommended titles of primary sources.
Collections of Primary Sources in Print and Electronic Form
Archives of Sexuality and Gender Under Databases on library website
Defining Gender (1450-1910) Under Databases on library website
How They Lived: An Annotated Ref CB 69.2 C56 2016
Tour of Daily Life Through History in Primary Sources
Milestone Documents in World History v. 1 & 2 Ref D5 M55 2009
The Times (London) Digital Archive, 1785-2019 Under Databases on library website
Nexis Uni Under Databases on library website
Includes selection of full-text articles from newspapers across the world and secondary sources in scholarly journals and popular magazines.
Victorian Popular Culture Under Databases on library website
Voices of Victorian England Ref DA 550 V65 2014
Includes the full text of primary sources about popular entertainment in America and Europe from 1779 to 1930.
Recommended Websites
Each of the following contains the full text of selected books in online form. Enter the following titles in a Google search to locate references to and selected full text of e-books and other sources.
Google Books (The electronic reproduction of print books can be uneven in quality.)
HathiTrust (available on the library website in the A-Z list)
Project Gutenberg https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/