Educational resources may take several forms. Here, we focus on valuable primary sources from different periods of history. For those who may not know yet, a “primary source” is a text written by an individual who is the primary object of your study, as opposed to a “secondary source,” which is a text written by [...]

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology maintains an electronic database containing the complete works of William Shakespeare. To locate any particular scene from any of the Bard’s plays, with just a couple of clicks of the mouse, go here.

The Library of Congress maintains a rich online repository of texts relating to the early periods of American history up through the Civil War and Reconstruction. To access a copy of the original text of the Declaration of Independence, the Louisiana Purchase, the Monroe Doctrine, the Dred Scott decision, the Emancipation Proclamation, or many other [...]