ArchiveGrid includes over 5 million records describing archival materials, bringing together information about historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and more. With over 1,000 different archival institutions represented, ArchiveGrid helps researchers looking for primary source materials held in archives, libraries, museums and historical societies.

The guide highlights some of the Herskovits Library's materials.

Gallica is the digital library of the National Library of France and its partners. Online since 1997, it is enriched every week by thousands of new products and now offers access to several million documents.

Archives and Manuscripts at The New York Public Library

The largest African American history and literature collection in the Midwest, the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature documents the Black experience with a strong focus on Chicago.

Explore Chicago Collections lets researchers, teachers and students search many locations at once. Our unified search lets you locate thousands of archival collections and digital images at member institutions all over the Chicago area.

A single search for over 10,000 linear feet of BMRC members primary resource collections related to African American history.

A quick guide from the Peel Art Gallery Museum + Archives (Toronto) on how archivists describe collections and how to dissect and understand finding aids.

A useful tool for the basics of beginning archival research from Stanford University.

A guide published by the Society of American Archivists on how to conduct effective research; also includes useful information about finding aids.

The leading web archiving service for collecting and accessing cultural heritage on the web. Search archived websites from those who subscribe to Archive-It.

HathiTrust is a partnership of academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.

Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.