Historical Newspapers
Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1777-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.
Use their search box near the top of the page to limit a search by state or by a date range.
Search historical newspapers in Arizona by using the Arizona Memory Project is supported by the Arizona State Library, Archives & Public Records, a division of the Secretary of State, with federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. You can search by location, special collections or by decade!
Pima Community College - Online Article Databases
You can use the Library's online article databases to find primary sources for research. A few of them are linked below. They are also available though the Library tab in MyPima. There are some instructions on how to limit your searches to primary documents and sources.
When accessing the databases from off campus, you may be asked to input your MyPima username and password. Use the same username and password you use when logging into MyPima.
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowAfter typing keywords related to your topic in the search box, scroll down to the box called "Publication Type" and select "Primary Source Document".
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowAfter typing keywords related to your topic in the search box, click the search button. Look on the left hand side for a heading called called "Primary Source Content" to limit the search further.
- Military & Government Collection This link opens in a new window
- ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new windowAfter typing keywords related to your topic in the search box, click on the search button. Look on the left hand side for the "Publication Date" heading, using your cursor to slide the date bar to find primary sources in the appropriate time period.
Online Image Databases
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You can also use the Library's online image and video databases to find primary sources for research. A few of them are linked below and they're available though the library tab in MyPima. There are also some instructions on how to limit your searches to primary documents and sources.
When accessing the databases from off campus, you may be asked to input your MyPima username and password. Use the same username and password you use when logging into MyPima.
- Image Quest This link opens in a new windowThis image database offers a wealth of primary source images, including photographs, drawings, posters and more.
- ARTstor This link opens in a new windowThis image database offers a wealth of primary source images, including paintings, sculpture and other works of art.
- Films on Demand This link opens in a new windowAfter typing keywords related to your topic in the search box, click on the search button. In the "More Filters" box, change "All Types" to "Newsreels and Primary Sources". Then click "Done".