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Primary Sources

History: Primary Sources
by Rachel Brekhus Last Updated Feb 14, 2024 524 views this year

Consult with your librarian about the best primary source databases for your topic and time period.

Early American Newspapers. Series I and II, 1690-1900
For 19th century and earlier U.S. newspapers
Date Coverage: 1690-1900

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ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Searchable full-image of the Chicago Defender (1909-2010), Chicago Tribune (1849-1996), Los Angeles Times (1881-1995), St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1874-2003), New York Times (1851-2015), Wall Street Journal (1889-2002) and the Washington Post (1877-2002).

Chronicling America
Digitized small-city U.S. newspapers 1836-1922. Can be searched by state or individual newspaper.

Discover@MU
This is the same search tool that is on the library homepage. It looks through articles and the full text of many books to pull together information related to your keyword search.
Scopus
Scopus allows you to locate the most highly cited articles on a topic, the articles that cite them, and "related" articles that cite similar articles.
Date Coverage: 1970-present; selected access back to 1823

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