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HISE 3214: Europe from Napoleon to WWI (Unangst) Spring 2025 3214-01

Librarian: Dr. Mary Lynn Bensen

Finding Primary Sources

When searching print and online access tools, use search terms such as SOURCES, CORRESPONDENCE, PERSONAL NARRATIVES, DIARIES, SERMONS, SPEECHES, LAW AND LEGISLATION, DOCUMENTS, AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

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.  Use recommended databases also.

Selected Databases

The following titles are listed under Databases on library website.

Archives Unbound:  British and European History

Archives Unbound: Cultural Studies

Archives Unbound: Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies

JSTOR

   Use Advanced Search.  Limit to Primary Source Content, and choose the appropriate type of     

   document(s) needed.

Print Collection of Documents

Milestone Documents in World History                                                                                                                Ref D 5 M55 2009

   Includes major historical documents from across the world.