Primary Sources

Coverage: current
ArchiveGrid is a database for searching through historical documents, personal papers, and family histories held in archives around the world. Thousands of libraries, museums, and archives have contributed nearly a million collection descriptions. Records include collection descriptions, content notes, links to Finding Aids (if available) and contact information.

Coverage: 1450-1800
the English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) provides bibliographic records for all known British printed material before 1801, held by the British Library and over 2000 institutions worldwide. The file will be made freely available to researchers as of Oct.

NARA is an independent Federal agency that oversees the management of all Federal records to ensure access to the essential evidence of citizen's rights, Federal actions & the national experience