Is there a guide for finding primary sources?

We feature several pages that can help you find primary sources in the Library and beyond.

A good first step is our guide to Finding Historical Primary Sources. It includes information on a number of specific formats:

Books	Autobiographical/ interviews	Magazines	News Articles
Newspapers by city	Newspapers by title	Public opinion polls	Speeches
Organizational records	Government agencies	Congressional	Census
Manuscripts	Photos	Audio	Videos/DVDs
Movies	Fiction	Cartoons	Advertisements

There is also a separate guide for media-related primary source materials. 

These websites offer digitized primary source documents and images:

• Online Archive of California
• Calisphere
• American Memory Project
• more ...