Secondary Source Research
Historians often rely on secondary sources for their research. Many secondary sources often lead to primary source material. Pay close attention to references and footnotes.
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Fall River Historical SocietySince its incorporation in 1921, Fall River Historical Society has been collecting archival and library material pertaining to Fall River history, with items dating from the late-seventeenth to the mid-twentieth century.
Historical Databases
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Historical Boston Globe(1872 - 1984 ) This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
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Historical New York Times(1851 - 2012 ) This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
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18th Century Collections OnlineThis database includes: Over 180,000 titles (200,000 volumes) Includes books, pamphlets, essays, broadsides and more Based on the English Short Title Catalogue Works published in the UK during the 18th century plus thousands from elsewhere Primarily in English - also includes other languages
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Artemis Primary SourcesOffers simultaneous searching of 14 primary source collections described individually elsewhere in this list, covering the 16th-21st centuries and including books, newspapers, journals, magazines, pamphlets, broadsides, and other historical documents and materials.
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Gale NewsvaultHistorical newspapers and periodicals, primarily from Britain and the United States, covering the 17th -21st centuries.
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HathiTrust Digital LibraryDigitized books, government publications, and other documents from the collections of an international community of research libraries. All material is indexed and searchable, but access to full reproductions is limited to material not under copyright.
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17th & 18th Century Burney Collection NewspapersNewspapers, pamphlets, and broadsides gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817) representing the largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media, containing approximately 1,270 titles from London, the British Isles, and the colonies.
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19th Century US NewspapersSearchable full-page and article reproductions of newspapers from across the country.
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The Times (London) Digital ArchiveSearchable page reproductions of one of the world’s most important and longest-running newspapers.
Internet Databases
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The British Newspaper ArchiveAccess hundreds of historic newspapers from all over Britain and Ireland
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Chronicling America: Historic American NewspapersSearch America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1925 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.
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Digital CommonwealthThis site provides access to photographs, manuscripts, books, audio recordings, and other materials of historical interest that have been digitized and made available by members of Digital Commonwealth, a statewide consortium of libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies from across Massachusetts.
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Founders OnlineGeorge Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams (and family), Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison. Over 181,000 searchable documents, fully annotated, from the authoritative Founding Fathers Papers projects.
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Internet ArchiveInternet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
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Primary Documents in American HistoryOn September 25, 1789, the First Federal Congress of the United States proposed to the state legislatures twelve amendments to the Constitution. The first two, concerning the number of constituents for each Representative and the compensation of Congressmen, were not ratified.* Articles three through twelve, known as the Bill of Rights, became the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution and contained guarantees of essential rights and liberties omitted in the crafting of the original document.
Book Search
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