Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons: HIST 4200: Pictures, Media, and US Politics: Locating Primary Sources (Images)

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ARTstor This link opens in a new window
Find high resolution art images from libraries, museums, and private collections
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines comprising area studies, arts, business and economics, history. humanities, law, medicine, science and mathematics, and social sciences.
Women and Social Movements in the United States,1600-2000 This link opens in a new window
Provides coverage of four centuries of women’s history through images, primary documents, supplementary materials, and teaching tools. Also provides access to the online version of Notable American Women and the database on Commissions on the Status of Women.

One option is to begin looking for objects in the far ranging aggregated digital collections in the humanities and social sciences.

Digital Commonwealth
Explore historical collections from libraries, museums, and archives across Massachusetts
DPLA
Photographs, books, maps, news footage, oral histories, letters, museum objects, artwork, government documents and more from libraries, archives, museums and cultural heritage institutions.
Internet Archive
Digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts including books, videos, televisions shows, audio recordings, images, and software programs.
Library of Congress
Largest library in the world, with books, recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps and manuscripts in its digital collections. Good site for political cartoons.
Library of Congress -Chronicling America
Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1963.
National Archives and Records Administration
Search the National Archives collections for federal government primary sources.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian collections from museums, archives, libraries, and research units relating to areas for Art & Design, History & Culture, and Science & Technology. Includes images, videos, audio files, podcasts, blog posts and electronic journals.

Another option to find objects is to examine smaller, specialized collections