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Jane Austen's World

A short research guide for History 190

Primary Sources

A primary source is a document, recording or other source of information created at the time being studied, by an authoritative source, usually one with direct personal knowledge of the events being described.

Primary sources include diaries, letters, family records, statistics, speeches, interviews, autobiographies, film, government documents, or original scientific research.

Primary sources can be found in the Stuart A. Rose  Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library

You can also find many primary source materials via Library Search.

Emory University makes a good deal of primary sources available to students in a digital format. To see the complete list of primary source databases available to students, click here

Below you will find a select list of databases that are particularly appropriate for your coursework. This list is not exhaustive.

An option that I recommend is to use consolidated search options for each of the big companies that provide primary sources online.

Artemis Primary Sources

Gale Primary Sources will allow you to search the following relevant newspapers and primary source databases at once:

Archive Explorer (Adam Matthew)

Archives Explorer will allow you to search the following journals and primary source databases at once: