This guide is developed to help you find selective library resources for your study or research in History. Click on the tabs above to locate different types of resources or for more information.
An overview of Gale Primary Sources available under HKU Libraries' subscription:
| Title | Contents |
| Archives of Sexuality and Gender | Research a robust and significant collection of primary sources for the historical study of sex, sexuality, and gender |
| Archives Unbound | Gain access to rare primary source documents related to 20th century China, WWI and WWII |
| British Library Newspapers | A collection of 160+ influential national and regional newspapers representing different political and cultural segments of British society from the 18th to 20th Centuries |
| Burney Newspapers Collection | 1000+ early English newspapers and pamphlets from the 17th and 18th centuries, the collection of Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817) |
| Chatham House Online Archive | Publications and meeting records of UK think-tank on international affairs 1920-2008 |
| China and the Modern World | Research China during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; coverage includes diplomacy, economics, imperialism, and more |
| Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture | Various material from the long 19th Century related to crime, punishment, police, detectives, prisons, criminal law, detective fiction, and other topics from French, German, Spanish, Australian, British, and U.S. sources |
| Daily Mail Historical Archive, 1896-2004 | First successful UK tabloid, including the Atlantic Editions |
| Eighteenth Century Collections Online | An enormous collection of 18th century English/British books: more than 207,000 volumes |
| Financial Times Historical Archive | Top UK business daily with global readership among business elites, 1888-2010 |
| International Herald Tribune | US-owned global paper based in Paris with an international readership, 1887-2013 |
| Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals | 170+ periodicals on women, children, sports, humor, travel, imperialism, science, etc, in 2 pts |
| Nineteenth-Century Collections Online | Discover primary source collections of the long nineteenth century. Sourced from almost one hundred major world libraries |
| Punch Historical Archive | The greatest satirical weekly magazine, offering political and cultural insights, in the UK 1841-1992 |
| The Economist Historical Archive | Top UK business weekly with global readership among business elites, 1843-2015 |
| The Illustrated London News | The great illustrated weekly newspaper in the UK 1842-2003 |
| The Listener Historical Archive | Enhance your study of twentieth-century British culture as reflected in BBC broadcasts, 1929-1991 |
| The Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises | Academic and practical books about UK/US law and its practice 1800-1926 |
| The Sunday Times Historical Archive | Analysis and investigative reporting, 1822-2016 |
| The Telegraph Historical Archive | Largest circulation UK broadsheet, conservative, upper-middle class, includes Sunday editions, 1855-2016 |
| The Times Digital Archive | Top UK quality paper with the longest history and enormous influence, 1785-2019 |
| The Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive | Famous and influential weekly literary review, 1902-2019 |
| U.S. Declassified Documents Online | Declassified US government documents, mainly from post-WWII 20th century |
| Women’s Studies Archive | Historical, social, political, and professional aspects of women’s lives during the 19th and 20th centuries |
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