Move forward by giving voice to the past with Gale Primary Sources

Gale Primary Sources offers diverse digital resources that help provide a historical perspective on topics like sexuality and gender, civil rights, women’s studies, and more. The platform has been thoughtfully designed to help library patrons, students, and researchers examine the literary, political, and social culture of the last 500 years, and develop a more meaningful understanding of how history continues to impact our community and the world around us.

The collections that comprise Gale Primary Sources give your community insights from more perspectives, and allow users to discover original, firsthand content—meticulously cross-referenced to bring facts into focus and information to life. Which makes this a valuable resource for librarians who are looking to promote a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion.

 

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Archives of Sexuality and Gender

The largest historical collection available in support of gender studies and sexuality education. It helps make new connections in LGBTQ history and activism, cultural studies, psychology, health, political science, policy studies, gender history, and other disciplines related to diversity.

Indigenous Peoples: North America

Comprehensive yet personal, the collection covers the history and culture of American Indian tribes and supporting organizations. It’s sourced from American and Canadian institutions as well as directly from the newspapers of various tribes and American Indian organizations.

Slavery & Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive

With over five million pages of content, this is the largest archive of its kind. It covers diverse topics related to the history of slavery, including legal issues, children and women under slavery, modes of resistance, and much more.

Women's Studies Archive

This archive is an examination of the diverse social, political, and professional aspects of women’s lives. It covers primarily the 19th and 20th centuries and offers library patrons the opportunity to explore the roles, experiences, and achievements of women in society.

“Adding these resources to our collection is important for us because it will help us achieve some of our strategic goals aimed at developing diverse collections to support programming and services for underrepresented groups in our communities. As a public library, we are open to anyone and everyone and our collections should reflect that.”

- Reference Manager, St. Louis County Library

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