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Request documents through Sourcery

Need archival documents for your research but can't make the trip? Want to streamline multiple research requests? Request scans directly through Sourcery’s web app! Local Sourcerers will visit the archive and return reference-quality scans. Any archive, any time.

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What can Sourcery do?

🧙‍♂️  Connect Researchers and Sourcerers
Everyone uses the same app to create requests and find jobs, and you can serve in both roles.

🪄 Transfer scans and payments
A secure way to return scans and compensate Sourcerers.

🏫  Benefit the holding institution
Partner institutions may choose to provide or receive scans.

Streamline and accelerate your research

Request materials at multiple repositories and manage them all in the same dashboard. No need to travel!

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Increase Research Avenues

Get materials from repositories and cities you may not be able to visit.

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Skip the email -- your request is available to all local Sourcerers looking for jobs.

Collect Materials Anytime

Gather your source material throughout the year so it's ready when you are.

Become a Sourcerer and make extra money

Put your specialized skills to work at your own convenience.

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Set Your Own Hours

Choose your jobs, make appointments, and head to the archives when it's best for you.

Make Extra Money

Each job guarantees $58 in your pocket with an estimated completion time of 2 hours.

Broaden Archival Experiences

See a variety of materials and explore new institutions.

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Sourcery’s 2026 Roadmap

It’s the beginning of the year and we’re raring to go! We’re expanding quickly, with more cities available each month. And we have some major Sourcery developments coming in 2026. Here’s what’s in store for the next six months:  This Winter we…

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Who are Sourcerers?

Sourcerers are the backbone of Sourcery. They do the critical work of retrieving requested materials from all the different archives and creating reference scans. In contrast to research assistants who review and select documents while in the reading room, Sourcerers scan…

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Sourcery @ AHA: what is Sourcery and what can it do for you?

Greetings AHA attendees! Hear about Sourcery during your conferencing and curious about what it is and what it can do for you?   Sourcery is an archival document delivery app based out of the University of Connecticut and maintained in collaboration…

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Sourcerers: contribute to the research ecosystem

Let’s shine the spotlight on the key members of our Sourcery community — our Sourcerers! These archive users put their skills to work scanning materials for Researchers unable to visit the reading room in person. At the same time, they…

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Sourcerers: advance your skills

Sourcery is a great way for early career archivists and librarians to advance their archival skills and knowledge in a hands-on, structured environment. Because Sourcery is a job-based commitment, creating an account or even completing one job does not obligate…

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FAQs

Sourcery is available to researchers everywhere. You can currently request documents from archives in more than 20 cities, including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, New York City, and Washington, DC. We plan to expand to more cities -- tell us where Sourcery should go next!