Hello, this is the library research guide for HUM 490 Senior Seminar in Classics and Humanities with Professor Kishauna Soljour. There's information on finding primary and secondary sources for your research paper, plus general tips for using OneSearch to find materials and some advanced search strategies.
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Journal articles, book and media reviews, and dissertations covering the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
Ebsco platform read-aloud feature and screen reader instructions
Scholarly journals, books, and dissertations covering the history of the world (excluding United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present.
Ebsco platform read-aloud feature and screen reader instructions
Primary source documents are frequently collected in published books. To find these collections in the library catalog, follow these steps.
1. Brainstorm some keywords and phrases about your topic. If you were researching women's suffrage in America, for example, some good keywords and phrases might be "suffrage," "women," "feminis*," "nineteenth amendment," "vote*," or "activis*". (Note: the asterisk is used to truncate a word, so the system will search for all variations).
2. At the Advanced Search, pair your keyword with some of them common words found in subject headings for primary sources. These include:
* sources
* correspondence
* diaries
* speeches
* personal narratives
* documents
* interviews
3. If you want to impose any limits on your search, such as as location or language, choose them in the options box. Then click Submit.
4. Browse your results and click on titles which sound relevant or useful to your topic.
ArchiveGrid is a resource for identifying archives by geographical location or for identifying archives topically via their search function. Archives often contain historical documents, personal papers, and family histories. Thousands of libraries, museums, and archives have contributed nearly a million collection descriptions to ArchiveGrid.