Research guides: Teaching K-12 History with Online Primary Documents: Additional Resources

Full-Text Books (Open Access)

Google Books
A resource developed by Google providing access to scanned full-text books, magazines, and periodicals.
Internet Archive
A digital archive of web pages, also including access to free books, movies, music, and more.
Early Canadiana Online
Early Canadiana Online (ECO) is a digital library providing access to over 1,330,000 pages of Canada's printed heritage. It features works published from the time of the first European settlers up to the early 20th Century.

Full-Text Books (Licensed)

University of Toronto Libraries
There are thousands of online books in the University of Toronto Library catalogue; online books will be automatically included in your search results.

Full-Text Newspapers (Open Access)

The Canada Gazette
The archived database of “the official newspaper of the Government of Canada,” c. 1841-1998.
The British Colonist
Digital archive of the newspaper from the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, dating 1858-1970.
British Columbia Historical Newspapers
The B.C. Historical Newspapers project features digitized versions of historical papers from around the province. The titles, which range from the Abbotsford Post to the Ymir Mirror, date from 1859 to 1995.
Early Alberta Newspaper Collection
This collection features daily and weekly newspapers from various communities in Alberta from 1885-2001.
Peel’s Prairie Provinces
This site, maintained by the University of Alberta Libraries, contains a number of newspaper resources related to the development of the Prairies.
Manitoba Newspapers
Digitized newspapers from across the province collected by the University of Manitoba.
Nova Scotia Historical Newspapers Online
A project by Libraries Nova Scotia that brings together an estimated 104,700 pages of digitized newspapers – 21 titles over the period 1769 to 2003.
Newfoundland and Labrador Newspapers
Newspapers collected by Memorial University from approximately the 1840s-1960s.
Prince Edward Island Newspapers
Historic newspapers collected by Robertson Library at UPEI and its partners, dating from the 1890s to the 1950s.
London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes
Public Records from the United Kingdom dating back to 1665.

Full-Text Newspapers (Licensed)

The Globe and Mail: Canada's Heritage from 1844
A ProQuest database containing issues of The Globe and Mail from 1844-1936.
19th Century U.S. Newspapers
This collection includes numerous newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S. and encompasses the entire 19th century.
African American Newspapers, 1827-1998
A collection of newspapers from over thirty states, including rare papers and papers dating from the Antebellum South to the Civil Rights movement.
17th-18th Century Collection Burney Newspapers
The newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817) represent the largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media.
19th Century British Library Newspapers
A joint effort between the British Library and Gale to make available searchable, full-text digitized versions of key 19th Century British newspapers, including both London and regional titles.
London Times Digital Archive
Full-text and full-image articles from the Times of London for the years 1785-1985. It is a digital reproduction, cover to cover, of the paper in PDF files.
Illustrated London News, 1842-2003
A completely searchable facsimile of the entire run of the Illustrated London News from its first publication on 14 May 1842 to its last in 2003.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Toronto Star
A ProQuest database containing searchable, full-text digitized versions of the the Evening Star (1894-1900), Toronto Daily Star (1900-1971), and Toronto Star (1971-2009; 2010-recent).

Licensed Databases

America: History & Life (EBSCO)
This is a subject database for U.S. and Canadian history. You will find articles here related to particular periods and also how to make use of primary documents in a classroom.
Historical Abstracts (EBSCO)
This is a subject database for European history.
Oral History Online
Contains interviews and oral histories related to a number of historical events and geographical locations.
ERIC
Provides extensive access to educational-related literature. It contains considerable material on the teaching of history, including how to teach with primary sources. Learn more about ERIC with the OISE Library’s ERIC Video Tutorial.
Primary Source Databases for Historical Research
This is the University of Toronto guide to a number of globally-relevant historical databases of primary materials.

Portals for History Teachers and Historians

H-Net
H-Net is an international, interdisciplinary organization of scholars and teachers dedicated to developing the enormous educational potential of the internet. The site provides resource lists and linked websites, and also publishes peer-reviewed essays, multimedia materials, and forums for discussion for colleagues and the interested public.
Merlot
An exemplary resource that links to online learning materials. Includes annotations, peer reviews, and links to related assignments all searchable by subject, target age-group, and material type.
The History Guide: Resources for Historians
Links to a wide range of Western history resources, including archives of primary documents, secondary resources, and teachers’ resources

Teaching K-12 History with Online Primary Documents

Full-Text Books (Open Access)

Full-Text Books (Licensed)

Full-Text Newspapers (Open Access)

Full-Text Newspapers (Licensed)

Licensed Databases

Portals for History Teachers and Historians

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