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HIST 121: United States History to 1877 (Becker, Spring 2024)
The Problem with Primary Sources
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HIST 121: United States History to 1877 (Becker, Spring 2024)
Introduction
The Problem with Primary Sources
Library Services Overview
Secondary Sources
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What is Peer Review?
Types of Sources
Anatomy of an Article
What IS a "good" Secondary Source? [Activity]
Searching: AND OR NOT
Finding Articles
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How to order articles we don't own?
Finding Books
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Worldcat: Accessing books we don't own
Reference (Tertiary) Sources
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Finding Reviews
Finding Encyclopedias
Citation
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Contextualizing Primary Sources
In small groups
, look at the following historical document about the College of William & Mary.
What is actually happening in this document?
What issues stand out?
What are some contextual questions we need to ask to better understand the document?
Petition of the Visitors and Professors of William and Mary College. Virginia: [State printer?], 1824.
https://wm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01COWM_INST/g9pr7p/alma991033204754203196
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