Digital tools like Researchgate, JSTOR, Google Scholar, Archive.org, and Tropy are most helpful for accessing sources, managing references, and organizing archival materials efficiently.

Zotero is a useful tool for organising bibliographies and taking notes.

Digitized historical newspapers, available through public libraries.

Digitized public records of government, like meeting minutes and correspondence.

Genealogy of historical figures.

Digital tools like online databases (such as JSTOR and Google Scholar), digitized archives, and reference management software (like Zotero or Mendeley) are very helpful in historical research and archiving. These tools make it easier to access, organize, and cite primary and secondary sources, while platforms like digital libraries and museum collections provide access to rare historical documents and images from anywhere in the world.

I’ve found that Google Drive offers certain advantages. If you organize photos of your sources there—whether from newspapers, typewritten copies, or even manuscripts—and if the text is clear enough for word recognition, it can serve as a complete database of historical materials for your research. This is my main piece of advice: I don’t use other digital tools. As a historian, all my work is grounded in index cards. To me, all historical sources are fundamentally the same—they must pass through the body. I believe that historical information must be handwritten, and then rewritten. Historical epistemology is about writing. And it all begins with the connection between the eyes and the hands, in front of the written word. Call me odd, but this is the way I enjoy doing my work.