Research Guides: Primary Sources Research Guide: Find sources for countries or regions

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Look for research guides for your area of interest:
- On the research guide page, look for History guides by region - e.g., History - Asia
- Search the web for a place + "research guide" - e.g. Cuba "research guide"
Search for a national library (e.g., Biblioteca Nacional de México) or state library. Keep colonial histories in mind, too (e.g., sources from African countries in Gallica).
Search the library catalog with the name of a country + history + sources - e.g., "South Africa" history sources.

Collections organized by geography or location

Amherst College Digital Collections
Digitized art works, photographs, manuscripts, books, and other media from Amherst College Archives & Special Collections.
Digital Commonwealth
Primary source documents from the collections of museums, libraries, and archives across Massachusetts.
dLOC: Digital Library of the Caribbean
Maps, oral histories, legal documents, books and other sources from and about the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean.
Digital Public Library of America
Catalog of public domain and openly licensed images and other digitized materials from archives, libraries, museums, and other U.S. cultural heritage institutions.
EuroDocs
Guide to digitized European collections organized by country. Covers the Medieval era to the present. From Harold Lee Library, Brigham Young University.
Plateau Peoples' Web Portal
A collaboratively curated and reciprocally managed archive of Plateau cultural materials.
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From the portal site: "The Plateau Peoples' Web Portal is a collaboration between the Spokane Tribe of Indians, the Confederated Tribes Of The Colville Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Indians, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, the Nez Perce Tribe, the Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation and Native American Programs at Washington State University. Cultural materials are held in multiple repositories including WSU's Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections, the Northwest Museum of Art and Culture, the National Anthropological Archives and the National Museum of the American Indian at the Smithsonian Institution."

North American Indian Thought and Culture This link opens in a new window
Autobiographies, biographies, publications, oral histories, personal writings, photographs, drawings, and audio files of indigenous people from across North America.
South Asia Archive This link opens in a new window
Fully searchable digital archive of documents ranging from the mid-18th to the mid-20th century.

World Digital Library
Significant primary sources from many countries and cultures.