Primary sources can be found both in person and online: digital collections, databases, special collections and archives, and more. Get started with these:
Search catalogs of libraries worldwide in one place. Find both primary and secondary sources like books and archival collections, including memoirs, diaries, and compiled papers. Items can often be obtained free through Interlibrary Loan.
SMU users can log in for full access to in-copyright works online. Find secondary sources and primary sources.
Current SMU students and employees with documented print disabilities are eligible to access additional materials in HathiTrust. Contact libraryaccess@smu.edu for more information.
Broadsides (single-side posters) from 1820-1900 and ephemera from 1760-1900. Subjects range from accounts of the Civil War and natural disasters to official government proclamations, tax bills and town meeting reports.
View maps and photographs; read letters, diaries and newspapers; hear personal accounts of events; and listen to sound recordings and watch historic films.
Can be used for historical research as well as genealogy. Includes records from the United States Census; military records; court, land and probate records; vital and church records; directories; passenger lists and more.
