Research Guides: Primary/Original Sources: Open Sources

Open Source Collections

Avalon Project - Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
Provided by Yale University, access is to digital documents in the areas of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government
Cold War International History Project Digital Archives
The Cyber Vault
This a collection of documents by components of the U.S. and foreign governments, international organizations, and cybersecurity firms
Federation of American Scientists (FAS)
Among other things, FAS attempts to collect and provide access to a wide variety of government reports. Some are readily available from the agency sites and some are not.
Government Attic
This site provides electronic access to a wide variety of federal government documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
Internet Archive (& Wayback Machine)
Texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web pages. The Wayback Machine often provides access to otherwise expired web pages.
National Security Archive - Electronic Briefing Books
Collections include: Europe, Latin America, Nuclear History, China and East Asia, US. Intelligence Community, Middle East and South Asia, September 11, Humanitarian Interventions and Government Secrecy
National Security Archive - Virtual Reading Room
Provided by George Washington Uni., this site provides free access to a number of documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
Public Intelligence
This site attempts to collect and make a variety of goverment reports available. CAUTION - some are labeled FOUO or limited distribution and may impact your ability to use them. Many be blocked from some networks.
Wilson Center Digital Archive
This contains a growing collection of declassified documents from around the world. Subjects include: Europe, North Korea, Russia, China, Middle East, Cold War, Intelligence, Nuclear and more.

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