Research Resources
This is a frequently updated list of archival databases, finding aids, and repositories of digitized materials for historical research. Special thanks to the websites, blogs, and library guides consulted in compiling this list:
UCLA Library: 19th Century Women and Gender Studies Sources
Joshua Paddison (via Religion in the American West): Religion in the 19th-Century West: Primary Sources Online
UCLA Library: 19th Century Women and Gender Studies Sources
Joshua Paddison (via Religion in the American West): Religion in the 19th-Century West: Primary Sources Online
Free Archival Databases and Finding Aids |
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American Historical Association's Archives Wiki - a database of information about archival resources (including location, hours, and links to finding aids) throughout the world.
America's Public Bible - Biblical Quotations in U.S. Newspapers ArchiveGrid - a WorldCat databases that provides search results on any historical subjects from archives, libraries, historical societies, and museums. Making of America - digitized primary sources from Cornell University Smithsonian Institution Archives - a search engine for the archives at the Smithsonian Society of American Archivists' Guide to Finding and Evaluating Archives - a useful guide for how to conduct archival searches and evaluate the search results. The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Religious Archives Network - a database of archives pertaining to LGBT history. The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) - a database of the U.S. national archives and records. The National Archives Catalogue - a search engine for U.S. national archives. UHN Library Compendium of Digital Collections - no longer maintained, but includes hundreds of links to digital collections with brief descriptions of each. |
Evernote - cross-platform; take notes, sync on all your devices
Notability - iPad; annotate PDFs, add handwritten notes Paper Machines - visiualize your Zotero library Scrivener - powerful writing software Zotero - free bibliographic software Teaching Resources
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Free State and Region Specific Archival Databases and Finding Aids
Archives West (previously The Northwest Digital Archives) - a search engine for archives and (in some cases) digital resources in repositories in the states of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.
Arizona Archives Online - archival search engine pertaining to materials housed in Arizona libraries, special collections, historical societies, and museums. First Nations Collection - from Southern Oregon University Kentucky Digital Library Online Archive of California - archival database of free public access materials available through California libraries, museums, and historical societies. Minnesota Digital Library - an online guide to Minnesota-based collections and repositories. Mountain West Digital Library - Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Arizona, Montana, Hawaii. Rocky Mountain Online Archive - an archival search engine for Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming. The Iowa Heritage Digital Collections Texas Archival Resources Online - a search engine for manuscripts, archives, and special collections located throughout the state of Texas. University of Hawaii at Manoa Digital & Digitized Collections University of Nevada, Las Vegas Digital Collections Miscellaneous Digital Collections
ATLA Digital Resources for the Study of Religion
Brooklyn Public Library Digital Collections Edward S. Curtis’s The North American Indian - from Northwestern University. Freedom on the Move - a database of fugitives from North American Slavery Immigration to the United States, 1789 - 1930 - digital collection from Harvard University. Northwestern University Digitized Collections Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States - from the U.S. Government Publishing Office. The Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Papers - from Rutgers University. UCLA Library Digital Collections |
Periodicals
19th Century U.S. Newspapers (subscription-based)
America's Historical Newspapers (subscription-based) Brooklyn Newspapers - from Brooklyn Public Library California Digital Newspaper Collection (free) Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (free) Making of America (free) ProQuest Historical Newspapers (subscription-based) Trove: The National Library of Australia (free) U.S. News Map (newspaper search engine, in collaboration with Chronicling America; free) Utah Digital Newspapers - University of Utah. Statistics
Free Secondary Source Databases
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