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Hist 301: Historian's Craft (Benes, Spring 2024)
Primary Sources: Where to start?
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Hist 301: Historian's Craft (Benes, Spring 2024)
Introduction
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What IS a History Librarian?
In This Session (2/22/24)
The Problem with Primary Sources
Quick Refresher on Library Services & Resources
Reference (Tertiary) Sources
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Finding Reviews
Finding Encyclopedias
Historical Statistics
Secondary Sources
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What is peer review?
Types of Sources
What is a "Good" secondary source?
Boolean: AND OR NOT
Finding Books
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Worldcat: Accessing books we don't own
Finding Books via Reviews
Find Articles
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How to order articles we don't own?
Secondary Source: Writing out your topics
Annotated Bibliographies
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Analyzing, Summarizing, and Critiquing an Article
Analyzing, Summarizing, and Critiquing a Book
Primary Source Databases
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Why So Many Databases?
Using the Catalog to find Primary Sources
Using WorldCat to find Primary Sources
Microfilm and You
Using Indexes to find Primary Sources
Primary Sources: Where to start?
Highlighted Primary Source Databases
Citation
Stuck or need help? No problem!
Where to Start?
Consider the types of sources your topic will require.
Look at our full primary source database list and narrow from there
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Look at the Secondary Results from earlier. Limit the publication range to your time period of interest.
Pay attention to the primary sources being cited in your secondary sources.
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