Types of Resources

Primary Resources

"...raw materials of history – original documents and objects which were created at the time under study...”

Secondary Resources

"accounts or interpretations of events created by someone without firsthand experience”

"Using Primary Sources." Retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/teachers/usingprimarysources/

Primary Resources Databases

AAS Agriculture Collection
The thematic subsets from AAS Historical Periodicals include digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals not available from any other source and provide rich content detailing American history and culture from the mid-18th century through the late-19th century.
AAS Applied Science and Technology
The thematic subsets from AAS Historical Periodicals include digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals not available from any other source and provide rich content detailing American history and culture from the mid-18th century through the late-19th century.
AAS Art Collection
The thematic subsets from AAS Historical Periodicals include digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals not available from any other source and provide rich content detailing American history and culture from the mid-18th century through the late-19th century.
AAS Business Collection
The thematic subsets from AAS Historical Periodicals include digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals not available from any other source and provide rich content detailing American history and culture from the mid-18th century through the late-19th century.
AAS Education Collection
The thematic subsets from AAS Historical Periodicals include digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals not available from any other source and provide rich content detailing American history and culture from the mid-18th century through the late-19th century.
AAS History Collection
The thematic subsets from AAS Historical Periodicals include digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals not available from any other source and provide rich content detailing American history and culture from the mid-18th century through the late-19th century.
AAS Music Collection
The thematic subsets from AAS Historical Periodicals include digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals not available from any other source and provide rich content detailing American history and culture from the mid-18th century through the late-19th century.
AAS Religion Collection
The thematic subsets from AAS Historical Periodicals include digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals not available from any other source and provide rich content detailing American history and culture from the mid-18th century through the late-19th century.
AAS Women's Studies Collection
The thematic subsets from AAS Historical Periodicals include digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals not available from any other source and provide rich content detailing American history and culture from the mid-18th century through the late-19th century.
African American Newspapers, 1827-1998
Provide access to U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience, including many rare and historically significant 19th century titles.
America's Historical Newspapers - Louisiana
Important newspapers published in Louisiana during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Films on Demand
Thousands of academic-level educational streaming videos covering most subject areas.
Sanborn Maps of Louisiana
Sanborn maps are large-scale plans of a city or town, drawn at a scale of 50 feet to an inch.