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HIST 301: Historians Craft (Dressler) Fall 2025
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HIST 301: Historians Craft (Dressler) Fall 2025
Introduction
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What IS a History Librarianship?
Reminder
Libraries Undergraduate Library Research Awards
In This session (9/17/25)
Quick Refresher
Dealing with Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
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Peer Reviewed Articles
Book Reviews
Scholarly Monographs
Historiographic Material
Historical Statistics
Encyclopedias, Handbooks, Reference
Indexes for Newspapers
Indexes to Primary Sources
Genealogy Reference Resources
Examples
Primary Sources
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Artwork or Photography
Broadsides
Census Reports
Correspondence
Government Materials
Maps
Memoirs and Autobiographies
Narratives of the enslave / formerly enslaved
Newspapers
Pamphlets or Tracts
Periodicals
Personal Papers
Published collections of letters
Published Diaries
Songs & Music
Travel Journals
Unpublished Diaries
Unpublished Letters
Examples
Using Microfilm
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Microfilm Indexes
WorldCat: Advanced Guide (Primary & Secondary)
Finding Archives
Archival Collections at the W&M Special Collections Research Center (SCRC)
Citation
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Zotero
Using Interlibrary Loan
Stuck or need help? No problem!
Wrap Up
Today we will
Review types of Secondary Sources you will use as historians
Review SOME primary source resources you may use for your research
Introduce you to Advanced Boolean
Get you started on your projects
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