This bibliographic database is designed for history students to quickly locate sets of primary sources for their research projects. The bibliography is organized faceted by historical period, location, subject, document type, and access method. It was created by Pascal Martinolli and last updated on 2026-05-23.
Use Cases
- Filtering source collections based on historical period mentioned in the description
- Identifying primary sources by geographic location based on the location facet
- Discovering sources by document type such as manuscripts or newspapers based on the document type facet
- Finding sources based on their access method, such as open access or subscription
Strengths
- Bibliography is organized by multiple facets including historical period, location, and subject
- References were generated using Zotero, a free and open-source software tool
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
Provenance
- Source
- Borealis Harvested Dataverse
- Collection Method
- Bibliographic references generated with Zotero
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-23 04:11:30; freshness should be verified