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OUTLINE• Decoding citations• Find Text @MSU –
Historical Abstracts• Retrieving Materials• Online Reference Tools• Locating Bibliographies• Locating Primary
Sources• Other Indexes• Questions
OUTLINE• Decoding citations• Find Text @MSU –
Historical Abstracts• Retrieving Materials• Online Reference Tools• Locating Bibliographies• Locating Primary
Sources• Other Indexes• Questions
“…the compiler of a BIBLIOGRAPHY acts as a scholarly research assistant, providing a summary of what is available in one easy-to-use guide.”
Meyer, Jack Allen. An annotated bibliography of the Napoleonic era: recent publications, 1945-1985 (New York : Greenwood Press, 1987): xi.
PRIMARY SOURCES:Definition
“…items that are directly associated with their producer or user and the time period in which they were created. Examples, include diaries, newspapers articles, government documents, photographs, oral interviews, and news broadcasts.”
Presnell, Jenny L. The information-literate historian : a guide to research
for history students (New York : Oxford University Press, 2007): 93.
sources manuscripts
archives notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
archival resources personal narratives, American Chinese, Finnish
correspondence personnel records
diaries records and correspondence