Books
Books that can be considered primary sources for world history include books written during the period of your topic, books written by participants, published collections of correspondence and other personal writings, memoirs, and reprints of collections of primary source material.
Search the UW Libraries Catalog in the following ways to identify books that are primary sources"
- Do an AUTHOR search for books written by key participants and organizations.
- Do a KEYWORDS search and limit your search by publication date. Do a KEYWORDS search.
- Do a KEYWORDS search and limit your search to materials in the History of Women microfilm collection.
- Do a KEYWORDS search and use special subject headings that designate primary sources by adding the phrase:
and su:(sources or personal narratives or diaries or correspondence)
Finding Primary Sources -- Articles
Indexes
The following indexes to periodicals can be used to find articles written during the time period of your topic. There is limited electronic indexing.
You can also browse through magazines from the time. Some magazines from the period include:
| Die Gartenlaube, 1867-1913 | Periodicals 053 GA |
| Illustrirte Welt, 1867-1872, 1888-1890 | Periodicals 053 IW |
| The Englishwoman, 1909-1921 | Microfilm M-1339 |
| The Englishwoman's Review | Microfilm M-1753 |
| Illustrated London News, 1842- | Periodicals 051 IL |
| Spectator, 1906 | Periodicals 051 SP |
| Vogue (London), 1916-1939 | Drama MB-492 |
| Woman's life, 1895-1905 | Microfilm A7545 |
| L’Illustration, 1909-1955 | Periodicals 054 IL |
| Illustrirte Zeitung, 1907-1941 | Periodicals 053 IL |
| Punch, 1900-1992 (1842-1899 in Special Collections) | Periodicals AP101 .P8 |
