Modern European History

We have a vast collections of primary source databases from vendors Adam Matthew and Gale covering a wide range of topics relevant to Europe and the rest of the world. Browse through them using the link below. Contact me for help with the resources.

Many primary-source documents have been reproduced in books commonly held in research libraries. You can use Library Search to retrieve this material.

• Enter your search terms and then select the Books & Media box.
• Try adding keywords such as Correspondence, Diaries, Interviews, Personal Narratives, and Sources along with your research topic to identify printed primary sources.
• You can also filter for these terms under "Genre" to the left of your search results.
• When you find a title of interest, such as personal narratives from the first World War, select the hyper-linked subjects in the item record to find additional titles. For example, the heading: World War, 1914-1918--Personal Narratives.

Europeana is a rich collection of digital primary source content from the archives of Europe. Browse Europeana's exhibitions and collections to find selected sources on a wide range of topics and themes.

EuroDocs is an online directory of primary documents in Western European history compiled by Richard Hacken, librarian at Brigham Young University.

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Researching France or the effect of the French Revolution on other parts of the world? Check out the French Revolution Digital Archive, an open-access collaboration between Stanford University Libraries and Bibliothèque nationale de France.