When searching print and online access tools, use search terms such as SOURCES, CORRESPONDENCE, PERSONAL NARRATIVES, DIARIES, SERMONS, SPEECHES, LAW AND LEGISLATION, DOCUMENTS.
Look for primary sources referenced in secondary and tertiary sources. Use textbooks, class, and library bibliographies for recommended titles of primary sources. Browse the library shelves where you can find primary sources alongside secondary sources in the same subject area.
Research Tools: Selected Print Books and Databases
Archives of Latin American and Caribbean History, 16th –20th Under Databases on library web site
Decolonization: Politics and Independence in Former Under Databases on library web site
Colonial and Commonwealth Territories
Defining Gender (1450-1910) Under Databases on library web site
Documentary History of England DA 26 D55 (Circ. Coll.)
Gale Primary Sources Under Databases on library web site
Guide to the Printed Materials for English Social History Ref Z 7165 G8 W7 1966 SB
JSTOR Under Databases on library web site
JSTOR 19th – Century British Pamphlets Under Databases on library web site
Milestone Documents in World History v. 1 & 2 Ref D5 M55 2009
Readings in English History DA 32 C54 (Circ. Coll.)
Source-Book of English History DA 32.5 L5 (Circ. Coll.)
The Times (London) Digital Archive, 1785-2019 Under Databases on library web site
Voices of Victorian England: Contemporary Ref DA 550 V65 2014
Accounts of Daily Life
Victorian Popular Culture Under Databases on library web site
Writings on British History Ref DA 30 W74 SB
Research Tools: Selected Print Bibliographies
British Autobiographies Ref Z 2027 A9 M3 1968 SB
Bibliography of Imperial, Colonial and Commonwealth History Ref DA 16 B53 2002 SB
Since 1600
(See “Printed Primary Sources” under each section in Table of Contents)
Bibliography of British History
1851-1914 Ref DA 530 H35 1971 SB
1914-1989 Ref DA 566 R63 1996 SB
Bibliography of British and Irish Municipal History Ref Z 2023 M26 SB
Cumulative Bibliography of Victorian Studies Z 2019 A637 (Circ. Coll.)
Guide to Historical Literature Ref D 20 A55 1995
Guide to the Printed Materials for English Social History Ref Z 7165 G8 W7 1966 SB
Writings on British History Ref DA 30 W74 SB
Research Tools: Selected Print Indexes
Full text of indexed items would likely need to be requested on ILL.
Poole’s Index to Periodical Literature, v. 1-6 Ref Al 3 P7, 1802-1906 SB
Indexes both American and British periodicals.
Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900 Ref Al 3 W45 SB
Indexes major 19th-century British monthlies and quarterlies.
19th-Century Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature Ref Al 3 R479 SB
Indexes both American and British periodicals.