Primary Sources - An Introductory Guide
Tips on searching
When searching the catalog through WorldCat Local combine your topic (such as a subject, personal name, or place name) with the words "history sources" to find works not only about the topic but with documents and primary sources related to the topic.
Examples:
- pirate history sources
- humanism history sources
- women france history sources
Info on primary sources
Primary sources come in a variety of formats: they can be unprinted, printed, online, or in an archives. It is the nature of the document that makes it a primary source. If you are unsure what a primary source is, you may wish to start with these introductions:
- Introduction to Primary Sources tutorial from the University of California, Irvine
- Primary Source Research Guide from the Five Colleges
- https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/subject-guide/163-Finding-Historical-Primary-Sources tutorial from the University of California, Berkeley
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