The Connelly Library is transitioning from Digital Commons to a new institutional repository. There will be a period of time during which access is not available, beginning Monday 10/21/2024. Please reach out to refdesk@lasalle.edu with any questions.
ARTstor is a digital library of nearly one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes.
Primary content from the Medieval period to the 21st century, including art, photographs, ephemera, and documents. Includes teaching resources and videos.
Gale offers several databases of primary material, including an array of historic primary material from newspapers to abolitionist treatises.
Historical Newspapers and Magazines
Connelly provides access to several historic newspaper and magazine archives. Click the above link for a guide to these resources. .
Digital Public Library of America
Includes historic primary sources from institutions across the country, including virtual exhibits.
A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
Connelly Library provides access to a multitude of databases containing digitized primary sources, including ephemera, art work, newspapers, and photographs. Below are links to those resources. Please contact Eithne Bearden (bearden@lasalle.edu) with any questions you may have about these databases.