New: primary sources with AM Explorer

With Adam Matthews Explorer we have added 75 databases with archival sources on different topics, spanning from 15th to 21st centuries materials (correspondence, registers, diaries, newspapers, oral histories, images etc). Topics include: global history, slavery, gender, food, colonialism, health, landscape. A complete overview can be found here. Access for now is available until the end of this year.

     Go to: AM-Explorer     Explorer     
(At this moment AM Explorer is online accessible within UvA buildings and via VPN connection at home) 

Searching and dowloading
There are different ways of searching within AM Explorer:

1. Via a basic search option
   You can search on keywords through all the 75 databases. It is possible to use the boolean search words: AND, OR, NOT when searching. After a search you will see the amount of results per database. 
2. Browsing through the collections
   You can filter the collection databases on: theme, time period and region.  
3. Searching within a specific database
   Choose within the collection a specific database. Soon all databases within AM Explorer will also be added separately to our database selector.  

It is possible to download primary sources. 

Adam Matthews made a introduction film:

Questions?
If you have any questions, let me know! 

Quick Links

• AM Explorer
• Other databases with primary sources at the UvA Library
• Blog post: Looking for newspaper articles?
• Access databases at home via VPN