Primary Documents in History
About this Guide
Welcome to the WMU Libraries' guide for locating Primary Documents. This guide includes information resources to help you begin finding primary sources in the field of history.
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General Purpose Resources
- Internet Archive - Text Archive - eBooks and TextsThe Digital Archive's Digital Book Collections contains over 5 million digitized books and other materials from over 1,500 libraries worldwide.The Internet Archive offers over 20 million freely downloadable books and texts. There is also a collection of 2.3 million modern eBooks that may be borrowed by anyone with a free archive.org account.
- Hathi TrustThe HathiTrust is a partnership of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure that cultural records are preserved. Some items are full-text online and others are in print form; search using WMU Libraries Library Search to see if we own the item.
