LibGuides: Genealogy: Online primary sources

AM Research Skills

AM Research Skills
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AM Research Skills is an electronic resource which helps researchers to gain skills in approaching primary sources such as newspapers, photographs, letters, objects, films and more. It contains almost 200 essays, videos, guides and case studies which describe how primary sources can be interrogated and used in academic research. This resource will be of interest to anyone who wishes to use primary sources in their research, assignments or essays.

Images and maps

Historic Digimap
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Please read the Additional Information before accessing this eResource.
Digimap is an online map and data delivery service, offering a number of data collections. Historic Digimap contains historical Ordnance Survey maps of Great Britain.

Please note - downloading data for use in GIS or CAD applications requires specialised software which is NOT available on PCs in the Library.
Users should sign in to this resource using University email address and password. First time users (and users who have not accessed Digimap in over 12 months) will also be prompted to register an account. All users must agree to the end user licence for the relevant Digimap Collection(s) they wish to access.
Use your University of Strathclyde email address when registering. Users are not required to create a separate password for this resource.
Digimap’s Privacy Notice can be viewed via a link in the registration form.
SCRAN (Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network)
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Scran is an online learning service from the charity Historic Environment Scotland. It contains over 490,000 images and media from museums, galleries, and archives. It provides access to resources relating to Scotland's culture and heritage.

British Cartoon Archive
Access to over 150,000 socio-political cartoons.
British Geological Survey map portal
Maps of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland covers the period 1832–2014. This site includes all the maps and sections that were produced in hand-coloured form. The focus is chiefly the 1:63 360 scale maps of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland and the horizontal/vertical sections.
British Museum's online collections
Search here for digitised versions of items from the British Museum.
Europeana
Access to millions of art works, books, audio visual resources and sound recordings from across Europe.
Glasgow Museums
Explore the catalogue of Glasgow's Museums
Metropolitan Museum of Art online collection
Information about the Met Museum's public domain resources
National Galleries of Scotland
Access to images from the National Galleries of Scotland. These can be searched by gallery, artist or time period.
National Portrait Gallery
Explore the collections of the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Old Maps Online
Over 400,000 searchable online maps. Includes many from the National Library of Scotland.
Picturing Places
British Library website which provides access to a range of topographical materials.
The Serving Soldier
Covering the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this website provides access to digitised materials from the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives at King's College London.
VADS
Access to over 100,000 images which are copyright cleared for use in learning, teaching and research in the UK.
Wellcome Library's digital collections
Access to digitised pamphlets, posters, books and sound records particularly useful for public health and history of medicine related topics.
Maps from the National Library of Scotland
Access to a wide range of maps from the National Library of Scotland. Includes geo-referenced maps, side-by-side viewer maps, a boundaries viewer and an option to search for maps by specific map-makers.

Audio-visual resources

British Council Films
120 short documentary films from the 1940s created to show life in Britain.
British Film Institute's InView
Over 2,000 non-fiction film and television titles from the 20th century to the early 21st that have been selected from the BFI National Archive. Login with your DS username and password.
Europeana
Access to millions of art works, books, audio visual resources and sound recordings from across Europe.
Irish Film Institute Player
Covers the period 1897 to present.
Kelvin Hall - National Library of Scotland's digital collections
Located in Glasgow, this is the National Library of Scotland's digital collection. Read more about exploring the resources on the website.
Moving Image Archive from National Library of Scotland
Previously the Scottish Screen Archive, this is a collection of films and clips covering Scottish history.

SCRAN (Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network)
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Scran is an online learning service from the charity Historic Environment Scotland. It contains over 490,000 images and media from museums, galleries, and archives. It provides access to resources relating to Scotland's culture and heritage.
British Library Sounds
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Previously known as Archival Sound Recordings, British Library Sounds is an archive of sound recordings from all over the world. Topics include: oral history, accents and dialects, environment and nature and music. Recordings come from the British Library's sound archives.
MediaPlus
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This service from Alexander Street provides more than 100,000 videos, images, and sound recordings covering a wide range of academic subjects. Formerly known as JISC MediaHub.
When accessing this resource from the A to Z or SUPrimo database records, on-campus users will be signed in automatically, but off-campus users will need to go through the following steps:
- select 'LOG IN',
- search for and select 'University of Strathclyde',
- enter University credentials when prompted.
John Johnson
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Access to over 65,000 digitised items selected from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera covering everyday life in Britain in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Contents include materials relating to the history of: theatre, the book trade, crime and punishment, design and advertising.

Useful for: Design, History and Journalism.

Official publications, parliamentary publications, political resources and statistical sources.

Cabinet Papers (1915-1978)
This site from The National Archives provides access to selected cabinet papers from the period 1915 to 1978. It is possible to search or browse by theme.
Cobbett's Parliamentary History
18th century British parliamentary resource.
Hansard
Accessible via UK Parliamentary Papers, Hansard is the official report of debates in parliament. Covers the period 1803 - 2005. To search Hansard via UKPP select Advanced Search > Hansard. More recent coverage is available at the Hansard Online website: https://hansard.parliament.uk/
Histpop
Online historical population reports for the UK and Ireland covering the period 1801 - 1937.
Old Bailey Online
Access to records from the Old Bailey court from 1674 - 1913.
Records of the Parliaments of Scotland
Covers 1235 to 1707.

Documents on British Policy Overseas
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Documents on British Policy Overseas is a collection of 20th century primary source documents from Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office. It is based on three print series covering peacetime diplomacy: British Documents on the Origins of the War 1898-1914, Documents on British Foreign Policy 1918-1939 and Documents on British Overseas Policy.
Statistical Accounts of Scotland 1791-1845
Statistical Accounts of Scotland provides access to both the 'Old' Statistical Account (1791-99), under the direction of Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, and the 'New' Statistical Account (1834-45). These accounts offer rich and detailed parish reports for the whole of Scotland, covering a vast range of topics including agriculture, education, trades, religion and social customs. Please note, we do not have a subscription to this resource, but the content is freely available.
Colonial State Papers
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Colonial State Papers provides access to over 7000 hand-written documents and 40,000 bibliographic records about colonial history. It covers Britain's colonial relations with the Americas and other European rivals for power and also covers the Caribbean and Atlantic world. Covers the period 1574-1757.
State Papers Online
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Part I: The Tudors, 1509-1603: State Papers Domestic. Part II: The Tudors, 1509-1603: State Papers Foreign.

State Papers Online provides access to the British State Papers, the papers of the Secretary of State from Henry VIII’s accession in 1509 to 1782. Covering a wide range of documents, subjects, and importance, they concern internal English/British affairs and administration of the country, and foreign affairs, marriage alliances, treaties and wars. Here are original letters written by Henry VIII and subsequent monarchs, ministers, officials and clerks, together with those sent from European rulers and their officials, and the people of Britain of all social levels. These papers are a major source for Early Modern Studies of Britain and Europe.
UK Parliamentary Papers
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UK Parliamentary Papers (formerly House of Commons Parliamentary Papers) contains Sessional Papers (e.g. House of Commons Papers, Command Papers and Public Bills) from 1715 to the 2009/10 parliamentary session. UKPP also provides access to supplementary parliamentary material back to 1688 including material from the House of Lords. Full-text of papers from session 2010-11 onwards is available via the Public Information Online service.
Secret Files from World Wars to Cold War
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Spanning four key twentieth-century conflicts, with a spotlight on the Second World War, Secret Files from World Wars to Cold War provides access to British government secret intelligence and foreign policy files from 1873 to 1953. This resource is cross-searchable with British Society, 1939-1951 on the History Commons platform.
Slavery in America and the World [HEIN]
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Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture, and Law brings together a multitude of essential legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world. This includes every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, every federal statute dealing with slavery, and all reported state and federal cases on slavery.

Sources of data for historians

UK Data Service
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Please read the Additional Information before accessing this eResource.
Access to data from the ESDS (Economic and Social Data Service) and Census data for 1971-2021. Includes data from International Energy Agency, World Bank, OECD, United Nations, Human Rights Atlas, International Monetary Fund.
Users should sign in to this resource using University credentials. First time users will also be prompted to register an account. Please follow the UK Data Service's instructions on How to register if you are a UK academic user before accessing this resource for the first time.
Use your University of Strathclyde email address when registering. Users are not required to create a separate password for this resource.
UK Data Service's Privacy policy and Terms & Conditions can be viewed via links on the site.

Integrated Census Microdata
Part of the UK Data Archive (see below) this site allows researchers to explore historic census data covering the period 1851-1911. User guides are available on the website.
UK Data Archive
Part of the UK Data Service, the UK Data Archive contains a collection of digital research data in the social sciences and humanities.

Sources relating to specific geographic areas or periods in history

African Online Digital Library
Multimedia collections relating to Africa.
Digital Collections from the Library of Congress (previously American Memory)
Huge resource from the Library of Congress.
British History Online
Collection of primary and secondary sources of interest to British historians.

Charles Booth's London
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Covers the period 1886-1903 and provides access to poverty maps and police notebooks.

Cold War International History Project
Access to digitised primary source materials about the Cold War.
Connected Histories
Collection of resources relating to British history from 1500 - 1900.
Digital Public Library of America - resource sets
Thematically arranged primary source materials from American libraries, archives and museums.
Documenting Ireland: Parliament, People and Migration
Access to primary sources relating to the history of Ireland and its experience of migration. It covers the 18th to late 20th centuries. This site includes access to EPPI (Enhanced British Parliamentary Papers on Ireland); IED (Irish Emigration Database) and VMR (Voices of Migration and Return)
English Historical Documents
English Historical Documents Online contains over 5,500 primary documents from 500-1914.
EuroDocs
This site acts as an index to online European history sources.
European History Primary Sources
An index to primary sources about European history. It is possible to browse the site by country, time period, subject, resource type or language.
Gallica
Access to digitised resources from the French national library
Henry III Fine Rolls Project
Digitised access to the fine rolls of King Henry III (1216-1272)
National Library of Scotland's Digital Collections
Access to a wide variety of digitised primary sources relating to Scotland including: Post Office directories, military lists, early Scottish books, Gaelic resources and much more.
National Records of Scotland
Access to information and data relating to the people of Scotland.
People's Collection Wales
A crowd-sourced, Welsh Government funded project which encourages the public to submit photos, sound recordings and other primary source materials relating to the history of Wales.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland Digital Collections
Access to digitised collections of manuscripts, artwork and images from a variety of Asian cultures.
A Vision of Britain Through Time
Covering the period 1801 to present, this site uses historical survey data to record how Britain has changed over time.

Mass Observation Online
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Mass Observation Online provides access to digitised versions of manuscripts and papers collected by the Mass Observation organisation in Britain during the period 1937 to the mid 1950s. It provides insights into daily lives and routines and provides access to primary sources of interest to those researching or studying historical, sociological or anthropological subjects.

See also Mass Observation Project.
Migration to New Worlds: The Century of Immigration
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A collection of primary source material exploring the migration of peoples from Great Britain, Ireland, mainland Europe and Asia to the New World and Australasia. Sources include: letters, travel journals, diaries, oral histories, maps, pamphlets, official publications and shipping papers. Covers the period 1800 - 1924. Also includes access to the New South Wales Convict Database, a fully transcribed list of convicts and former convicts sent to New South Wales between 1780-1819. This database can be searched by name, occupation, trial court, sentence, transportation ship and eventual settlement in Australia.

Prison History
A searchable list of records relating to prison history in England in the 19th century.
Great Irish Famine Online
Maps and information relating to the 19th century Irish Famine.

African American Communities
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Access to a wide range of primary source materials which focuses on race relations across social, political, cultural and religious arenas.

The resource focuses on Atlanta, Chicago, Brooklyn, and towns and cities in North Carolina. Materials accessible from the African American Communities resource include pamphlets, newspaper and periodicals, letters, official records, photographs, maps and oral history materials.

Themes covered include: desegregation, urban renewal and housing problems, civil rights activities and protests, race relations and community integration and African American culture.

Covers the period 1863-1986.
African Americans and Jim Crow: Repression and Protest, 1883-1922
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Created from the Library Company of Philadelphia's Afro-Americana Collection, this resource contains more than 1000 fully searchable works by and about African Americans from the years 1883 to 1922. Content includes eyewitness accounts and official reports, as well as printed works of fiction, poetry and drama.
American Slavery Collection, 1820-1922
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The American Slavery Collection is a digitised collection of the American Antiquarian Society's holdings of slavery and abolition materials. This searchable database contains over 3,600 diverse works including books, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, sheet music, graphic arts and other ephemera. Subjects include religion, suffrage, the slave trade and many more.
British Society, 1939-1951
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Formerly titled 'War, State and Society'. The 'British Society, 1939-1951' resource provides access to thousands of documents from the collections of eleven U.K. government departments, each responsible for dealing with and reporting on the domestic situation in Britain during the Second World War and its aftermath. Sourced from The National Archives (U.K.) and the History of Advertising Trust, these files provide an insight into the social, economic, political and cultural affairs of wartime Britain, and a snapshot of day-to-day life in every corner of the country and beyond. This resource is cross-searchable with Secret Files from World War to Cold War on the History Commons platform.
Carlyle Letters online: a Victorian cultural reference
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Access to digitised versions of nineteenth century letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle. Letters can be explored by date, recipient and subject. More information about the Carlyles can be found on the site's About The Caryles webpages.
Civil Rights in America: From Reconstruction to the Great Society
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The Civil Rights in America collection covers the period from early 19th to late 20th century. This fully searchable database contains U.S. congressional publications and other primary source material relating to American civil rights. Topics and themes of the resource include civil rights, attitudes towards race, immigration policy, gender and ethnicity, sexual discrimination and women's suffrage.
The Cold War: Global Perspectives on East-West Tensions, 1945-1991
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The Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) selected, transcribed and translated foreign-language broadcast and print news items as part of its intelligence gathering operations. This database encompasses a portion of the FBIS archive from the Cold War focused on key issues, events and people of that era. It contains essential perspectives from key Communist Bloc and developing world news sources, for the period 1945-1991.
Cold War Intelligence
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This resource provides access to over 2300 formerly classified U.S. government documents (most of them classified Top Secret or higher). It provides readers with the documentary record of the successes and failures of the U.S. intelligence community in its efforts to spy on the Soviet Union during the Cold War. This document collection covers the period from the end of World War II in 1945 until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, but also includes a number of formerly classified historical reports and articles written by U.S. intelligence historians since the end of the Cold War. It will be of interest to anyone researching, studying or teaching the history of politics of this time period.
Mass Observation Project
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Access to the Mass Observation Project. Launched in 1981 by the University of Sussex as a rebirth of the original 1937 Mass Observation, its founders' aim was to document the social history of Britain by recruiting volunteers to write about their lives and opinions.

This collection consists of the directives (questionnaires) sent out by Mass Observation in the 1980s, 1990s and between 2000 and 2009; and the thousands of responses to them from the hundreds of Mass Observers. This is a useful resource for anyone researching British social history in the period between 1980 and 2009.

See also Mass Observation Online.
Paris Peace Conference and beyond, 1919-1939 [British Online Archives]
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This online archive contains a unique selection of British Foreign Office records documenting the various peace treaties signed at the end of the First World War and their consequences thereafter. Sourced from the UK National Archives and British Library.
Prize Papers Online: Atlas
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A useful resource for anyone studying or researching maritime history. The atlas from Prize Papers Online makes available a sample of the Prize Papers’ interrogations. Providing a wealth of information about ships and their crews, the interrogations are part of the Prize Paper Archive. These interrogations provide insights into the workings of the maritime sector during the Age of Sail. The data available on Prize Papers Online: Atlas covers the period between 1775 and 1783. 199 records are available with interrogations.
If you require assistance accessing the Atlas, please refer to our 'How to Access Prize Papers Online: Atlas' document.
Race Relations in America
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Explore digitised resources relating to the struggle for civil rights in America through the eyes and work of sociologists, activists, psychologists, teachers, ministers, students and housewives. Key themes include:
Desegregation of schools, industries and public transport;
Migration of African Americans from the rural south to urban centres;
The role of the church in the Civil Rights Movement;
Race riots and other racial tensions;
Activities of the Civil Rights Movement.

Contents include primary sources such as audio recordings, photographs, scrapbooks, survey material, posters and case studies. Secondary sources are also included, e.g. an interactive map, a data association tool, contextual essays, thematic guides and more.

Covers the period 1928-1970.
Routledge History of Feminism
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The Routledge History of Feminism resource covers the period of the long nineteenth century (1776-1928). It includes primary and secondary resources including books, chapters, journal articles and more. Themes of the resource are: politics and law; religion and belief; education; literature and writings; women at home; society and culture; empire and movements and ideologies.
Runaway Slaves in Britain
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The Runaway Slaves in Eighteenth-Century Britain project provides access to over 800 newspaper advertisements placed by masters and owners seeking the capture and return of enslaved and bound people who had escaped. The principal sources for this project are English and Scottish newspapers published between 1700 and 1780.
Secrecy, sabotage and aiding the resistance: how Anglo-American co-operation shaped World War Two (British Online Archives)
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Drawn primarily from the records of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) at The National Archives, UK, this British Online Archives collection reveals the relationship between the SOE and the American Office of Strategic Services (OSS) – forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency – during the Second World War.
U.S. Intelligence on Asia, 1945-1991
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This resource provides access to declassified information about the US intelligence community in the Far East during the Cold War. It covers the period 1945-1991. Countries covered include: China, North Korea, North Vietnam, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia.
U.S. Intelligence on Europe, 1945-1995
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A collection of over 4,000 formerly classified U.S. government documents provides a comprehensive survey of the U.S. intelligence community’s activities in Europe between 1945 and 1995.
U.S. Intelligence on the Middle East, 1945-2009
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Primary source collection offering access to 2500 declassified intelligence files covering the time period from the end of World War Two to the present day. This resource will be of interest to those studying, teaching or researching the history or politics and international relations of the Middle East and the United States. A commentary which contextualises the collection is available. It is possible to search or browse the collections.

Imperial War Museum Collections
Access to digitised materials from the collections of the Imperial War Museum.

Historical newspapers and periodicals

Times Digital Archive
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Complete digital edition of the Times (London) newspaper from 1785-2019. Access is on the Gale platform and this product can also be searched as part of Gale Primary Sources.

Please note that we also have electronic access to current issues of The Times on the Gale platform and also via other databases. Current content can be accessed via the SUPrimo record for 'The Times', or can be searched as part of Gale OneFile News.
African American Newspapers
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Access to African American newspapers covering the period 1827-1998. This resource includes over 350 newspapers which chronicle over 150 years of the African American experience. Titles from over 35 states are included. Strathclyde has access to both Series 1 (1827-1998) and Series 2 (1835-1956).

Coverage spans life in the Antebellum South; the spread of abolitionism; growth of the Black church; the Emancipation Proclamation; the Jim Crow Era; the Great Migration to northern cities, the West and Midwest in search of greater opportunity; rise of the NAACP; the Harlem Renaissance; the civil rights movement; political and economic empowerment; and more. Search here to find firsthand perspectives on notable Americans from Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington to W.E.B. Du Bois and Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as obituaries, advertisements, editorials and illustrations.

These newspapers are searched via the America's Historical Newspaper platform.
Irish Times
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Access to The Irish Times newspaper from 1859 - 2019.
Economist Historical Archive
The Economist Historical Archive delivers a complete searchable copy of every issue of The Economist from 1843 to 2020. Full-colour images, multiple search indexes, and the facility to browse each and every issue - all combine to offer a unique primary source covering the 19th and 20th centuries.
Irish Newspaper Archives
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Access to over 140 newspapers from Ireland. Coverage dates vary per title with some titles included from 1738 and some titles included up to the present day. A useful resource for anyone studying, teaching or researching Irish history.
The Irish Newspaper Archive does not currently display links to the following policies. We have included links here:
Financial Times Historical Archive
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The Financial Times Historical Archive is a complete searchable and browsable copy of every issue of The Financial Times from 1888 to 2016.
Gale Primary Sources
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Gale Primary Sources allows users to search across various primary source archive collections from the provider Gale. The archives are:

17th and 18th Century Burney Collection,
British Library Newspapers - parts 1 and 2 (19th century),
19th Century UK Periodicals,
The Economist Historical Archive,
The Financial Times Historical Archive,
The Times Digital Archive, and
Archives Unbound.
19th Century British Pamphlets
Access to over 26,000 digitised pamphlets covering the 19th century. Useful for those researching the history, politics and society of the time period.
British Periodicals [1600-2000]
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This database provides access to the searchable full text of hundreds of periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth, comprising millions of page images. Topics covered include literature, philosophy, history, science, the social sciences, music, art, drama, archaeology and architecture.
London Stage
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The London Stage is a reference work documenting theatrical performances in eighteenth-century London. The resource covers performances from the period 1660-1800. Information has been compiled from the playbills, newspapers and theatrical diaries of the period. It is possible to search by actor, role, performance, theatre or date.
Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals (Part One)
Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals (Part One) covers the advent of commercial lifestyle publishing in Britain. Content is drawn from the collections of the British Library, National Library of Scotland, National Library of Australia, and National Library of South Africa. Topics covered include the rarely documented aspects of women, children, humour, and leisure activity in the Victorian age. The rise of magazine publishing is reflected in the selection of publications, which spans publications aimed at and tailored to various audiences, including women and children.

You can either search Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals on its own here, or with other primary sources using Gale Primary Sources.
Queen Victoria's Journals
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Queen Victoria's Journals are a key primary source for scholars of 19th Century British political and social history, and for those working on gender and autobiographical writing. The website provides access to the entire sequence of Queen Victoria's diaries. This online collection is available for free to all users within the United Kingdom (as well as to some specific libraries in the Commonwealth) and will remain so in perpetuity. A parallel version of this database is available to subscribing academic institutions and libraries elsewhere in the world.

British Newspaper Archive
The British Newspaper Archive contains some freely accessible newspaper articles. To view this free content, you will need to register (for free). More information about the freely available content can be viewed here: https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2021/08/09/introducing-free-to-view-pages-on-the-british-newspaper-archive/
Europeana newspaper search
Access to search the newspaper collections of the Europeana website
Chronicling America
Digitised American newspapers covering the period 1777 - 1963.
The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (Archaeology Data Service)
This website provides links to the following resources: Archaeologia Scotland: Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland; General Indexes to the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and monographs and books from the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Copyright information is provided on the site.

Biographical Sources

Looking for biographical sources? See our listing on the History LibGuide or our Genealogy LibGuide

Archives and research libraries

Archives and Special Collections at the University of Strathclyde
Information about our archives and special collections.
Archives Hub
A combined catalogue of over 300 archives from across the UK
Glasgow Life Archives
Information about local archives in the city of Glasgow
National Archives
The UK's national archive
National Records of Scotland
Established on 1 April 2011, following the merger of the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) and the National Archives of Scotland. It is the main archive for sources of the history of Scotland as a separate kingdom and her role in the British Isles.
National Register of Archives for Scotland
Information on collections of private papers in Scotland
Scottish Archive Network
Catalogue of archives in Scotland
University of Glasgow Archives
Information about the archival collections of the University of Glasgow

National Museums of Scotland Library
Information about the National Museums of Scotland Library in Edinburgh. The Library has a vast collection of research materials including books, archival materials and journals. A link to search the library catalogue is available.

Archives Unbound
Archives Unbound contains subject based digital collections of historical documents covering a broad range of topics including: American history, British history, European history, Gender Studies, History of Health and Medicine, Journalism and Literature.
Churchill Archive
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The Churchill Archive is the complete digitisation of all Winston S. Churchill’s personal papers, official and private correspondence held at the Churchill Archive Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. The Archive features more than 800,000 pages of private letters, speeches, notes, manuscripts, government transcripts and other key historical documents of international importance covering the period between 1874 and 1965. The Churchill Archive also provides access to specially commissioned articles about the contents of the archive.

Historical books

Historical Texts
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Full text or page images of over 400,000 books published in England from 1475 to 1900. The service includes EEBO (Early English Books Online), ECCO (Eighteenth Century Collections Online), Nineteenth Century Books from the British Library Collection, and also the UK Medical Heritage Library.

Manuscripts Online (1000-1500)
Covers the period 1000-1500 and provides access to resources including literary manuscripts and early printed books.

Early European Books
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Early European Books traces the history of printing in Europe from its origins to the end of the seventeenth century. It provides full text access to materials from up to the end of the seventeenth century. Strathclyde has access to Early European Books Collections 1 to 4 on the ProQuest platform.
MEMSO (Medieval and Early Modern Sources Online)
Full text of Medieval and Early Modern books. Searches digitised versions of documents relating to Colonial, English, Irish and Scottish history. Covers the period 1100 - 1800.