Primary Sources

A gateway to archive collections held in UK universities. Subject coverage includes the arts, humanities, social science, sciences and health, and source materials include personal writings, documentation, images and ephemera.

Discover the British Library’s unique archive and manuscript collections.
The catalogue contains descriptions of the majority of the British Library's manuscripts, paper-based archives, photographs and an increasing number of digital archives.

A collection of primary and contemporary material across a wide range of subjects, with scanned images of the Bodleian Libraries special collections, including rare books and manuscripts, classical papyri, maps, music, art and printed ephemera.

Full catalogue of the holdings of the National Archives and thousands of other archives in the UK. The National Archives is home to millions of historical documents, which were created and collected by UK central government departments and major courts of law. Wide subject coverage.

Archive of UK government information published on the web, from official documents, policy and acts, to a twitter archive.