ENGL105: Problem-Solving in History: 1) Finding Primary Sources

The Library of Congress Digital Collections includes digitized primary documents on a variety of public health and science topics.

Primary documents in the areas of biomedicine, health care and the history of medicine. Our unique digital collections are freely available for download worldwide and in the public domain unless otherwise indicated.

A digital archive of the published federal notices of judgment (a summary of the final outcome of a court case) for manufacturers and products prosecuted under authority of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act.

The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection consists of books, journals, reports, bulletins, minutes, proceedings, and histories covering topics in medicine, public health, dentistry, pharmacy, and nursing, dating from 1849 to the present. These materials thoroughly document the development of health care and the health professions within North Carolina and is thus a significant part of the state’s cultural heritage and history.

A collection of materials on public health efforts to prevent, control and eradicate global disease, including polio, smallpox, and others.

Digital collections cover a wide variety of topics, and are particularly strong in the areas of mental health, genetics, and public health. Apply the "Online" location filter to view digitized items.

Digitized historic photographs, advertisements, texts & more from Duke's library collections. Especially strong in health-related public service announcements and ads.

Digital exhibit on the history of car seat belts.

Over seven thousand page images reproducing original documents ranging from laboratory notebooks and charts, correspondence, writings, and published papers to photographs, awards, clippings, scrapbooks, printed ephemera and artifacts.

Explore research on industrial lead exposure, childhood lead poisoning, and the health impacts of lead water pipes, as well as related public health guidance through items in the NLM Digital Collections.

Digitized historic documents on the history of germ theory, from Harvard's Special Collections.