Finding Primary Sources in the Ebook Catalog
Finding Primary Sources in the Ebook Catalog
Listed below are a number of special subject headings that you can use to locate primary source materials in a library’s catalog and databases.
- archives
- correspondence
- diaries
- case studies
- description and travel
- speeches
- sources
- interviews
- manuscripts
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- public opinion
- songs and music
- maps
- notebooks
- personal narratives
- posters
- statistics
- caricatures and cartoons
- comic books, strips, etc.
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To create a search statement to find primary source materials, select one of the terms from above and combine it with a keyword on your topic. Below are examples of primary source searches. Try a few practice searches in the catalog and see what you find.
- holocaust AND personal narratives
- slavery AND sources
- World War, 1939-1945 AND diaries