Finding primary sources online: (Mostly) Text and Images

Serendip-o-matic connects your sources to digital materials located in libraries, museums, and archives around the world. By first examining your research interests, and then identifying related content in locations such as the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), Europeana, and Flickr Commons, our serendipity engine helps you discover photographs, documents, maps and other primary sources.

Whether you begin with text from an article, a Wikipedia page, or a full Zotero collection, Serendip-o-matic's special algorithm extracts key terms and returns a surprising reflection of your interests. Because the tool is designed mostly for inspiration, search results aren't meant to be exhaustive, but rather suggestive, pointing you to materials you might not have discovered. (Description from https://serendipomatic.org/about)

Europeana brings together digitized primary sources from repositories around Europe, providing links to millions of items.

Flickr Commons is a section of Flickr that contains images (and a few videos) from libraries, archives, and museums around the world. Use the search box in the middle of the page to search just Flickr Commons, not all of Flickr.

The Registry is a listing of publicly accessible collections of digitized U.S. Government publications

This database provides a searchable bibliography of texts - from private letters, wills, and household accounts to literary works, philosophical treatises, chronicles, court proceedings, church records, and a host of other documents - that were written in the Middle Ages and are now available in printed or online editions and translations. The aim is to provide annotated entries that include information on the genre, contents, archival reference and original language of the text, as well as whether the publication includes a translation, introduction, appendices, glossary, and index. Where appropriate, the bibliography also includes hyperlinks to sources that are online.

British History Online is the digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust, we aim to support academic and personal users around the world in their learning, teaching and research. Much of the material is by subscription only, but there is some free material.

Connected Histories brings together a range of digital resources related to early modern and nineteenth century Britain with a single federated search that allows sophisticated searching of names, places and dates, as well as the ability to save, connect and share resources within a personal workspace. NOT ALL CONTENT INDEXED IS AVAILABLE, BUT THERE IS FREE MATERIAL

Culture Grid opens up a wealth of information from museums, galleries, libraries and archives: giving greater access to UK culture, arts and heritage.You’ll find a growing range of images and other kinds of resources and many new ways to connect with them. Approx 2 million items from hundreds of collections on all topics!

Find and get over 310,226,952 Australian and online resources: books, images, historic newspapers, maps, music, archives and more

Discover exhibitions and collections from museums and archives all around the world.Explore cultural treasures in extraordinary detail, from hidden gems to masterpieces.

Includes approximately 1,200 digitized documents from the National Archives.

The Greater Philadelphia GeoHistory Network (GPGN) is a pilot project of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) to develop a web-based repository of geographically organized historical information about Philadelphia, its geography, its buildings, and its people.