Primary Sources - World Civilization I - HIST 1210 - LibGuides at Sowela Technical Community College

Primary Sources at the SOWELA Library

Digital Primary Sources for World Civilizaton I
To log in, use the ID number found on your SOWELA photo ID card. The number begins with the letter L. The PIN is the 6 digits of your birthday - MMDDYY (use the last two numbers of your birth year).
Print Primary Sources for World Civilizaton I
Primary Source print books that are available for check out at the SOWELA library

You will need to choose primary sources that are relevant to people and events that are within the time frame and place of this course.

The following websites provide translations of documents from around the world.

The Avalon Project
Digital historical documents relevant to the fields of law, economics, politics, diplomacy and government. Provided by the Lillian Goldman Law Library in the Yale Law School.
Asia for Educators
Primary source documents from China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Provided by the Weatherhead East Asia Institute at Columbia University.
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts
An online resource for Irish history, literature and politics. Provided by University College Cork.
EuroDocs
Online sources for European history. Provided by Brigham Young University
The Internet Classics Archive
A work of over 400 works of classical literature. Provided by the Massachusetts Institute for Technology.
Internet History Sourcebook
A collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly for educational use. Provided by Fordham University.
The Mingshi: The Official History of the Ming Dynasty
A translation of the Mingshi. Provided by the University of California San Diego.
Theoi Texts Library
The Theoi Classical Texts Library is a collection of translations of works of ancient Greek and Roman literature. The theme of the library is classical mythology and so the selection consists primarily of ancient poetry, drama and prose accounts of myth.