Primary means written at or near the time of the event being studied.
Secondary means written many years later, probably by a scholar researching the event.
This collection draws on material from the late 1970s through to the early 1990s, focusing on the voices of under-represented groups, grassroots organizations, and countercultural movements to showcase the key social, cultural, and political concerns of the decade.
Legal history and government documents. Contains the entire Congressional Record, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and entire databases of treaties, constitutions, case law, world trials, international trade, foreign relations, and more.
Presents unique insight into interactions between American Indians and Europeans from their earliest contact, continuing through the turbulence of the American Civil War, the on-going repercussions of government legislation, right up to the civil rights movement of the mid- to late-twentieth century
A collection of national periodicals as well as local community news and student publications from Indigenous peoples of the US and Canada
Contains full runs of 48 newspapers specially selected by the British Library to best represent nineteenth century Britain.
You can find some primary sources in books. Below is a list of relevant subject headings. When searching for these in the catalog, try adding "sources", "documents", "correspondence", "letters", or "writings" to your search.
