Primary Source:
In historical studies, primary sources include written works, recordings, or other sources of information from people who were participants or direct witnesses to the events in question.
Examples of commonly used primary sources include government documents, memoirs, personal correspondence, oral histories, and contemporary newspaper accounts.
Where to find Primary Resources:
Encyclopedias provide detailed summaries of topics- try search GVR entry or wikipedia page for a topic, and written down names of important people/places/incidents, and searched for [those] + primary sources in Google.
Primary source material from 18th and 19th century including historical periodicals and books; eyewitness accounts of historical events, descriptions of daily life, business advertisements, and genealogical records.
"source of information from people who were participants or direct witnesses to the events in question." like a reporter...
Includes full-text of the Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper from 1934 to 2010.
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Series I offers more than 700 historical American newspapers from 23 states and the District of Columbia printed between 1690 and 1876
Complete digital edition of The Times (London), including all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos.
What is an archive?
A collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of people.
Which archive has the records you need?
Sometimes a whole archive will be devoted to one issue but many times an archive will own many collections. So how do you find archive materials when you don't know where to search?
TIP: You most likely won’t have the time or the ability to visit various archives in person so filter your search results to "digitized records" only.
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