Accessible ARCHIVES |
Archive of magazine, newspaper and book content from the 1700s onwards. View Full Description |
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection |
US periodicals from the 1600s, 1700s and 1800s, on a wide variety of topics. View Full Description |
American Indian Histories and Cultures |
Manuscripts, artwork and rare print material on native North American history and European settlement. View Full Description |
American Indian Newspapers |
Historic pressings, contemporary periodicals and more on 200 years of indigenous print journalism from the US and Canada. View Full Description |
Anthropology Online |
Collection of editorials, ethnographies and other resources covering human culture and behaviour. View Full Description |
Archive Explorer |
Search tool for all Adam Matthew databases. View Full Description |
Archive-It |
Archived collections for a variety of institutions, including our own Laurier Archives. View Full Description |
Asian American Drama |
Full-text plays, many not previously published, and related information. View Full Description |
Atla Historical Monographs Collection |
Monographs from 13th century to early 1900s on religious language, development, and relationships with other issues. View Full Description |
Black Drama |
Full-text plays and related information from around the world. View Full Description |
Black Thought and Culture |
Full-text non-fiction works by leading African-Americans. View Full Description |
British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries |
Full-text primary source material. View Full Description |
British Library Newspapers |
All issues from 47 national, regional and local newspapers, from the British Library holdings. View Full Description |
Center for Research Libraries: Digital Collections |
Primary source material, in digital format or available for request through Interlibrary Loan. View Full Description |
China: Trade, Politics & Culture 1793-1980 |
Full-text papers, plus maps, paintings, photographs and archival materials. View Full Description |
Daily Mail: Historical Archive 1896-2004 |
Complete archive of the British newspaper content, including the Atlantic Editions. View Full Description |
Defining Gender |
Full-text manuscripts and printed works, plus illustrations. View Full Description |
Digital National Security Archive |
Full-text U.S. policy documents. View Full Description |
Early Canadiana Online |
Digitized texts published between the first European settlement of Canada and the early twentieth century. View Full Description |
Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment |
Full-text letters, diaries and memoirs. View Full Description |
Early English Books Online |
Full text, in facsimile, of more than 125,000 literary and historical texts as listed in the English Short Title Catalogue. View Full Description |
East India Company |
Primary source documents on British trade and rule in India, 1595-1947. View Full Description |
eHRAF Archaeology |
International database with about 60,000 pages of information on prehistory. View Full Description |
Eighteenth Century Journals |
Rare, full-text journals on a wide range of topics. View Full Description |
Embassy (local PDFs) |
Independently-owned newsweekly based in Ottawa, covering Canadian foreign policy. View Full Description |
Embassy (online) |
Independently-owned newsweekly based in Ottawa, covering Canadian foreign policy. View Full Description |
Empire Online |
Images of original manuscripts and printed materials produced between 1492 and 1962. Covers Africa, the Americas, Australasia, Oceana and South Asia. View Full Description |
Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive |
Primary sources concerning the history of the film and entertainment industries. View Full Description |
First World War |
Letters, diaries, posters and other primary documents related to World War One. View Full Description |
Frontier Life: Borderlands, Settlement & Colonial Encounters |
Primary source documents on European and colonial frontier regions, 1650-1920. View Full Description |
Gale Primary Sources: Newspapers |
Historical newspaper archive search tool. View Full Description |
Hansard Online |
Full text of UK members’ debates, 1803 to the present. Includes both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. View Full Description |
Héritage |
Canadian historical primary documents. View Full Description |
Hill Times |
Independently-owned newsweekly based in Ottawa, covering Canadian foreign policy in depth. View Full Description |
Historical Topographic Map Digitization Project: Full Collection |
Maps of Ontario locations from early to mid-20th century. View Full Description |
History of Feminism |
Primary and secondary source material on feminism in the 19th century. View Full Description |
Illustrated London News Historical Archive 1842-2003 |
Searchable text plus page images of all issues of the "Illustrated London News". View Full Description |
Indigenous Peoples: North America |
Collection of primary source documents on the indigenous peoples of North America. View Full Description |
Keesing's World News Archives |
Summaries of world events from more than 1,000 daily news reports. View Full Description |
Latino Literature |
Full-text poetry, prose and drama by writers in the U.S. View Full Description |
Literature Online |
Full text of more than 355,000 works in English, American and Canadian literature. View Full Description |
LLMC Digital |
An international collection of key historic legal texts and executive, legislative and judicial government documents. View Full Description |
Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries |
Collection of personal writings by American women of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. View Full Description |
Market Research & American Business, 1935-1965 |
Market research reports and supporting documents regarding the American consumer boom of the mid-20th century. View Full Description |
Mass Observation Online |
Papers from the archive of a pioneering British social research organization. View Full Description |
Medical Services and Warfare |
Hospital records, medical reports and first-hand accounts of the history of injury, treatment and disease on the front line. View Full Description |
Medieval Family Life |
Medieval documents on the topics of family, business, the law, violence, etc. View Full Description |
Medieval Travel Writing |
Important manuscripts by European travellers. View Full Description |
Migration to new worlds |
Collection of primary sources on the movement of people from Europe and Asia to the New World and Australasia. View Full Description |
Nineteenth Century Collections Online - Women: Transnational Networks |
Primary source collection focusing on the 19th century, gender, and class through a transnational perspective. View Full Description |