A collection of primary documents central to US foreign and military policy since 1945. More than 35,000 declassified documents - totalling more than 200,000 pages - have been gathered through use of the US Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

Full-text archive of historical legal and governmental information, including world constitutions, treaties, Congressional Record, Presidential papers, and Foreign Relations of the United States.

A full-text scholarly journal archive, back to vol. 1, issue 1, in many fields.

Backfile of The Nation magazine back to volume 1, issue 1. Updated monthly 1865 - present.

Every issue of the magazine in full color, browsable and searchable.

Complete archive of The New Yorker, including full page images. V.1 (1925) - present.

Database of questions from public opinion polls around the world. Search question text and get poll results. 1986 - present.
Please click on 'logout' when finished to release access to another user, as only one user is allowed access at a time.

Indexing and abstracts for U.S. congressional publications. Full text of reports, bills, public laws, & legislative histories and links to selected full-text documents, committee prints, & hearings testimony. Indexing: from 1789. Full text: from mid-1980s

1868-1942

1872-1983

1849-1991

1881-1991

1851-2010

1889-1996

1877-1997

Includes indexing, abstracting and some links to full text for many general interest magazines, in both Readers' Guide Retrospective (1890 - 1982) and Readers' Guide Abstracts (1983 to present).

Contains the writings of women activists, their personal letters and diaries, and the proceedings of conferences at which pivotal decisions were made. 1840 - present.

A list provided by the State Department's Office of the Historian linking to freely available online primary source material in U.S. foreign relations, including declassified documents and presidents' papers.

The official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions that have been declassified and edited for publication. This is an incomplete run from 1861-1960. Hosted by the University of Wisconsin.

The official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions that have been declassified and edited for publication. From the Department of State's Office of the Historian web site.

Transcripts of interviews with U.S. diplomatic personnel from the American Memory web site of the Library of Congress. Try browsing by subject to find relevant interviews.

Back issues of the popular news magazine. (Hint: you can use the free online search to identify articles and then make a scan/copy from the print version in Hayden, or request through ILB if that issue is not in the library, to see the original article in context.)

Harvard has a trove of online databases of primary source material, including historical newspapers, government documents, letters and diaries, and much more. With your Harvard Special Borrower card, you can visit Harvard libraries and use these databases on the premises (sorry, you can't use them remotely). Take a look at the list of history databases for anything promising for your primary source research!

A database of the newspapers on microfilm at Harvard's Widener Library, searchable by geography and date span. The newspaper microfilm are accessible with a Harvard Special Borrowers Card.

Musical recordings in a diverse range of styles from around the world. Search or browse by country of origin, cultural group, instrument, artist, language and more.
Available online through the BPL. You'll need your BPL card, or else sign up for a free e-card.