You also can limit your search by year. Be sure to check the Help icon for more detailed instructions. In some cases, contemporary newspaper and magazine accounts of events can be considered primary sources. Blackmore Library owns the following printed periodical indexes that will help you identify newspaper and magazine articles. New York Times Index, 1913- Capital owns microfilm of the New York Times for 1939 on.
Capital owns many older volumes of periodicals in either microfilm or print format.
Feel free to ask for print volumes that are indicated as being available in storage. Through OhioLINK you can access HarpWeek , the Web version of Harper's Weekly from 1857-1865. If you are working on a topic related in any way to the federal government, you may be able to obtain government documents to use as primary resources. These can include bills and legislation, congressional hearings and committee prints, presidential speeches, treaties, and more. Some of these may be available online.