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Finding Primary Sources

For an introduction to primary source research please read about "Primary and Secondary Sources" from Ithaca College.

Print Sources

Search the library catalog for books and other media.
Use Amazon and WorldCat to find more books and order them through Interlibrary Loan.

Electronic Books

Google Book Search
Internet Archive Text Archive
Internet Sacred Texts Archive - Religious texts worldwide.
Perseus Project - Translated Greek, Latin and other classical texts.
Project Gutenberg

Databases

Academic Search Premier to find contemporary reviews, commentary and news articles.
Annals of American History Online for American historical sources.
ARTSTOR for artwork and photographs.
JSTOR for scholarly articles, in some cases going back to the 1700's.
LexisNexis for news articles.
Poole's Nineteenth Century Masterfile, an index to 19th century sources.

Websites and More

See our Subject Guides for websites specific to each subject, as well as further database and journal resources.