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Primary sources from African countries. Coverage dates: 1800 - present

Historical primary sources from around the world about a variety of subjects. Coverage dates: 1400 - present

Primary sources from the Library of Congress and other institutions around the world. Coverage dates: 900 - present

Government information, ebooks, and primary sources from Google, the Internet Archive, and libraries around the world. Coverage dates: 1850 - present

Africa - The British Library
Historical and contemporary material for the study of Africa. Coverage dates: 1800 - present

African Diaspora
International primary, secondary source documents, and video covering the movement of African peoples across the globe. Coverage dates: 1860 - present
African Online Digital Library (AODL)
Cultural heritage materials from and about African countries and communities including photographs, videos, archival documents, maps, interviews, and oral histories. Coverage dates: 1800 - present
AM Explorer
Historical primary sources from around the world about a variety of subjects. Coverage dates: 1400 - present
HathiTrust
Government information, ebooks, and primary sources from a variety of places, including Google, the Internet Archive, and libraries around the world. Coverage dates: 1850 - present
Library of Congress: Digital Collections
Primary sources from the Library of Congress and other institutions around the world. Coverage dates: 900 - present
Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice
Primary and secondary sources for research and teaching; including an interactive map, scholarly essays, tutorials, a visual sources gallery, chronology, and bibliography. Coverage dates: 1490 - 2007

Access World News
Recent local, state, national, and international newspaper articles. Coverage dates: 1980 - present
Times of London Digital Archive
Prominent British newspaper. Coverage dates: 1785 - 6 years ago

HathiTrust
Government information, ebooks, and primary sources from a variety of places, including Google, the Internet Archive, and libraries around the world. Coverage dates: 1850 - present
House of Commons Parliamentary Papers
Primary sources from the British government. Coverage dates: 1800 - 2020

African Government Publications (from The British Library)
Official African Government documents referenced in a PDF document, mostly from formerly colonized nations. Coverage dates: 1850 - present

Artstor via JSTOR
Images from archives all over the world. Subject areas include art, architecture, music, religion, anthropology, literature, and world history. Coverage dates: 1000 BCE - present
AP Images
Archive of photos, graphics, text, and audio from the Associated Press. Coverage: 1840 - present
Library of Congress: Digital Collections
Primary sources from the Library of Congress and other institutions around the world. Coverage dates: 900 - present
AM Explorer
Historical primary sources from around the world about a variety of subjects. Coverage dates: 1400 - present

Afrobarometer
Pan-African, non-partisan research network that conducts public attitude surveys on democracy, governance, economic conditions, and related issues in more than 35 countries in Africa.

Polling the Nations
Questions and responses to public opinion polls on breaking-news events and pressing social issues of the day. Comprehensive international and U.S. coverage.
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
Dataset archive from an international consortium of academic institutions and research organizations. Coverage dates: 1790 - present

Old Maps Online
A search engine for searching old maps. This project is a collaboration between Klokan Technologies GmbH, Switzerland and The Great Britain Historical GIS Project based at the University of Portsmouth, UK.

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