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Articles on Using Primary Sources
Library http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/PrimarySources.html
Research
Using
Primary
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Primary vs. http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/infosrv/lue/primary.html
Secondary
Sources
Yale http://www.library.yale.edu/ref/err/primsrcs.htm
University
Library.
Primary
Sources
Research
Analyzing Primary Sources
Analysis of http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/psources/analyze.html
Primary
Sources
Document http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons
Analysis
Worksheets
Primary Sources Online
American Available to us from the Library of Congress, this enormous archive is one of the best
Memory resources for primary sources on U.S. history and culture.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem
There are two ways to search through the more than 100 collections included in the site.
You can use the Collection Finder to select specific collections or you can use the general
search engine to cover all the collections at once.
Allows you to select a single specific collection. You may also search by time
Collection Finder period, place, format (i.e., photos, sound recordings, etc.), or even digital format
(e.g., QuickTime, JPEG, WAV, etc.).
Search
Allows you to search multiple collections at the same time, while deselecting
unrelated collections.
Archiving This site includes images of people, places, events, documents, and more in its Early
Early America American Digital Library. There are also various special features that bring to life 18th
century American history.
http://www.earlyamerica.com/
U.S. History: A http://web.uccs.edu/history/ushistory/index.html
Guide to
Resources &
Research on
the Web
Colonial http://www.colonialct.uconn.edu/
Connecticut
Records, 16361776
Connecticut http://www.cthistoryonline.org/howto.html
History Online
Digital
Collections of This extensive list of online primary resources was developed by Laura Katz Smith,
Historical Archives & Special Collections, The University of CT Libraries.
Resources for http://www.lib.uconn.edu/online/research/speclib/ASC/collections/digital.htm
Children and
Teens
History
Channel:
Speeches
http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/index.html
Making of http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/
America
Making of http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moa.new/
America Books
Making of http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moajrnl/
American
Journals
National
Archives and
Records
Administration
(NARA)
Here is a huge collection of digitized primary sources.
http://www.archives.gov/index.html
Use ARC, the NARA Archival Research Catalog, to access archival holdings. It allows you
to search by keyword, digitized image, date, type of material, and location. The Advanced
Search option also allows you to search by organization, person, or topic.
New Deal http://newdeal.feri.org/
Network
Primary
Resources
Immigration &
Digital
Collections
http://www.primarysource.org/library/immigration.php
Primary Source A list of selected links to primary resources on the web.
Databases on http://intersect.uoregon.edu/ahs/primarysources.htm
the Web
Primary http://www.whyy.org/generations/primary.html
Sources on
African
Americans
Primary http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/PrimarySourcesOnTheWeb.html
Sources on the
Web
Repositories of http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html
Primary
Sources
History,
Humanities,
Slave
Narratives in
the Primary
Source Library
http://www.primarysource.org
Use the SEARCH AREA.
Student http://rqstv2-agent.autoResource graphics.com/agent/SearchPages.asp?myses=3463953&w=A&cuid=rqst&cusrvr=crius&s=LD
Center - Gold
Click Discovering Collection under Peoples, Places, Events, Primary Sources.
Click ADVANCED SEARCH.
Under Document Type, drop the menu and select PRIMARY DOCUMENT.
Enter search terms and drop the menu on title/headline and select your search basis
Now click SEARCH.
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