In the First Person

In the First Person is a new library index that allows in-depth field and keyword searches across all letters, diaries, oral histories, memoirs, and autobiographies within scholarly materials that are freely available on the Web and Alexander Street databases. A single search can access thousands of personal narratives in English from archives and repositories everywhere. The search returns citation information and links to full text, audio, and video whenever available. Only a limited amount of text is free, but the database serves as a great index for information that can sometimes be hard to find.

http://www.inthefirstperson.com/firp/index.shtml

Making of America: Making of American Books

Making of America (MOA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history primarily from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The book collection currently contains approximately 10,000 books with 19th century imprints.

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/

Online Library of Liberty

The Online Library of Liberty (OLL) is a project of Liberty Fund, Inc., a private, non-profit educational foundation based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The aim of the OLL is to provide thousands of titles about individual liberty, limited constitutional government, and the free market, free of charge to the public, for educational purposes.

http://oll.libertyfund.org/

Primary Sources on the Web

Primary source documents, maps, images, and more that you can use in your classroom. Sites are divided into two categories: US history and World history.

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/hmss/primary.html

Using Primary Sources on the Web

This brief guide is designed to provide students and researchers with information to help them evaluate the internet sources and the quality of primary materials that can be found online.

http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/RUSA/