Databases of Primary Sources
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Confidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969 This link opens in a new window
Primary source documents from the British Foreign and Colonial Offices covering early events in Afganistan, Egypt, Sudan, Persia, Turkey, Jordan, Arabia, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, and Syria. 1839-1969.
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Foreign Broadcasts Information ServiceFBIS is the United States’ principal record of political and historical open source intelligence. Many of these materials are firsthand reports of events as they occurred.
Coverage September 4, 1941 through March 29, 1974
Format Transcripts of foreign broadcasts and news, translated into English
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Churchill Archive This link opens in a new windowPrimary source collection of Winston S. Churchill's personal correspondence and official exchanges with kings, presidents, politicians, and military leaders. 1874-1965.
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Historical Newspapers (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Many popular newspapers, dating back as far as the 19th century. Includes Black Historical Newspapers. Access for each paper begins with the first issue published, end dates are varied and evolving.
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Perry-Casteneda Library Map CollectionMore than 250,000 map images from the PCL printed collection and numerous links to authoritative map sites.
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Times Digital Archive 1785-2014 This link opens in a new windowGreat source for international perspectives on events
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WorldCat (public version) This link opens in a new window
Indexes items owned by libraries throughout the U.S. and internationally. Items not owned by Texas State may be requestable via interlibrary loan.
This resource is available to anyone with internet access