Welcome! Use this tool to filter hundreds of primary source databases and websites full of sources for your project.
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Just click it, then hit "add condition" to start! Keep adding conditions to narrow your search further.
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Here, I've asked the database for 18th Century primary sources from the US on politics or Black history. You can combine any filter, like place, time, and topic. Try using more than one topic or place at a time to expand your search! |
Here, I want newspapers or magazines from South Asian partition. I included partition as a search term to target that event, then limited for location and type of source. You can use free text to browse by event, people, or topic and combine that with any filter, including what type of source you want like images, audio, or diaries. |
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Do you want to search all fields, or cells, in the database?
Use the magnifying glass symbol in the top right corner of the database to search some key terms: 
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| 1. Try searching the descriptions for people, places, and events. |
The overviews are written with your interests in mind. Yes, there is a filter for the Caribbean, but try typing in Haiti to get more targeted results! There won't always be a result for your term, but give it a shot. |
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2. Add conditions if you have too many results, |
Not every filter combo will get you results. If you have too few (or none at all!), try removing one or more. |
| 3. Try again! | Did emancipation only get you one result? Try abolition! Or slavery! Or race! Always go through synonyms and related terms to find more sources. |