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Finding Primary Sources
- Internet Archive Texts CollectionContains the full text of many public domain works (published before 1923).
- Google BooksMillions of digitized books from major research libraries
Primary Source Collections in our Library
Remember that you can always search our catalog for potential primary sources, such as authors of published books, titles that you know of, or even primary source collections. (This works best when you search a topic and then use "sources" as a subject word.)
- Black Thought and Culture This link opens in a new window
Covers the non-fiction published works of leading African American as well as interviews, journal articles, speeches, essays, pamplets, letters and other material. - Harper's Weekly This link opens in a new windowSearch the full-text of Harper’s Weekly, America's leading 19th century illustrated newspaper, from 1857 until 1912.
- Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window
The standard source for quantitative facts and statistical information about the United Stated including economic, demographic, and crime data. - Women and Social Movements This link opens in a new windowContains full-text documents, images, and other material documenting the history of women's social movements in the United States.
Digital Collections
- Historical Sources from the Encyclopedia of ChicagoClick on "Historical Sources" to find digital versions of primary sources included in the Encyclopedia of Chicago.
- Chicago TribuneAvailable online at Northeastern Illinois University's library.
- Foreign Language Press SurveyA collection of digitized, translated ethnic newspapers published in Chicago between the 1860s and the 1930s.
