Subject headings in the online catalog can be subdivided into narrower topics by the assignment of standard subheadings. For example, "History" is a subheading that may be used with the name of any country (United States--History) or group (Women --United States --History). You can browse an alphabetical listing by selecting "Subject begins with..." in the "search type" drop-down menu, and then entering a subject heading point in the search box. For help finding books in the stacks, use the guide to Book Locations.
To find primary materials, try one of these subheadings following your subject:
-- Correspondence
-- Letters
-- Diaries
-- Memoirs
-- Personal Narratives
-- Sources
For example:
Abortion -- Correspondence
United States -- History -- Civil War -- Personal Narratives
Evans Digital Edition
A definitive resource for research on 17th and 18th century American history and life including such varied topics as agriculture, foreign affairs, diplomacy, literature, music, religion, science, philosophy, the Revolutionary War, temperance, and witchcraft.
Godey's Lady's Book
Provides the full text from a complete run of Godey's Lady's Book, a 19th century magazine designed to entertain, inform, and educate the women of America. It is an important resource for American life and culture in the 1800s as well as women's studies. Be sure to choose "Godey's Lady's Book" in the Source drop down menu.
Search for primary sources (diaries and letters) from women who lived in the British Isles or Ireland
Search for primary sources from North American women from colonial times to the 1950
Search for primary sources texts, footage and documentaries that explore events from the sixties and early seventies.
Brings together collections of diaries, correspondence and papers of families grouped for their principal association with North Carolina, spanning the years 1780-1979.
This database examines efforts to foster gender equity through expanded economic and social participation of women on a global scale. Covering a century, the database highlights and evaluates activism through individual efforts, organizational initiatives, and socio-cultural projects led by or for women in the Global South
Search for primary sources focusing on women's international activism since the mid-nineteenth century
Search for primary source materials exploring prominent themes in world history since 1820, as told through women's voices.
Search for documents related to the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000
This collection covers the struggle for voting rights beginning in 1849 and includes newspapers that overlapped between the temperance and women's rights movements, as well as an anti-suffrage paper.
