Research Guides: Primary Sources: World History (primary sources)

Find Primary Sources - Books

OneSearch
UNI search engine for books and articles.
For books choose "Books/Media" to turn OneSearch into the library catalog and look for books owned by Rod Library. To find primary materials set your search or results ("Publication Date") to the specific years of your study.
Note - some recently published books contain primary source material (e.g. quotes, diaries, letters).

Academic Search Elite - EBSCO (1980-present)
To focus your search results on "news" click on either: Magazines or Newspapers
Gale Academic OneFile (1980-present)
Use Advanced Search to improve your search.
Limit search results to magazines or newspapers (the default is Academic Journals).
Historical Periodical Collection (1684-1850)
Search for primary sources from 1684 to 1850.
British and American newspaper and magazine articles.
New York Times (1851-present)
Articles from 1851 to the present.
Searches can be limited by date.
Results can be limited to articles, editorials, cartoons, advertisements.
Newspaper Archive (1607-present)
Coverage varies tremendously by year and location.
To begin - click on the black "Search" option at the very top of the page.
Limit by date and geographic location.
Nexis Uni (1980-present)
1980 to the present.
Primary news sources for modern history.
Sunday Times Archive (1822-2006)
(Note - this is NOT the London Times)
1822 - 2006
Consider using "Advanced Search"
Advanced Search dropdown-menu search options include:
Document Title (article titles), Subject, and for particularly hard-to-find topics "Entire Document"
The Times (London Times) Archive (1785-2012)
1785 - 2012
Consider using "Advanced Search"

"Magazine Finder" - Digitized Historical Magazines
For onine articles published pre-1926 Magazine Finder provides online access to your article via either an archive or a database.
For print articles (mostly published after 1925) Magazine Finder provides the call number to the volumes of the magazine found in the library basement (first floor of Rod Library). Specific instructions are available for finding magazine articles from various time periods: 1802-1890, 1890-1925, 1926-1982, and 1982-present.

(Note, The Economist, Illustrated London News, Time, Life, Fortune and National Geographic have their own searchable archives below).

Economist Historical Archive
Business and extensive world news coverage.
PDF images from 1843 - 2016
Fortune Magazine Archive
Business and news magazine.
PDF images of articles from 1930 to 2000
Illustrated London News Archive
British Magazine
PDF images of articles from 1842 - 2003
Consider using "Advanced Search"
Advanced Search dropdown-menu search options include:
Document Title (article titles), Subject, and for particularly hard-to-find topics "Entire Document"
Life Magazine Archive
Photo-rich news magazine.
PDF images of articles from 1936 to 2000
National Geographic Archive
Photo-rich magazine covering the geography and culture of the world.
PDF images of articles from 1888-1994
Time Magazine Archive
Major news magazine of the 20th century.
PDF images of articles from 1923 to 2000.