Primary Sources

How do I find primary sources (eyewitness or contemporary evidence) in history or the humanities?

SEE: USING PRIMARY SOURCES ON THE WEB

Go to the Library Catalog.

Search by Keyword. Enter your subject term and one of the primary source terms listed below:
	correspondence diaries early works to 1800 interviews pamphlets personal narratives pictorial works sources speeches transcripts Examples: Ernest Hemingway and correspondence television and transcripts soviet union and dissidents and interviews war and personal narratives travelers and diaries

Try In the First Person

How do I find primary source articles in the natural or behavioral sciences:

1.Using any full-text article database, combine your search terms with words commonly used in research articles.
	Common words include methods or methodology, research design, survey, data, and results.

Search for peer reviewed articles. Not every article in a peer reviewed journal reports empirical research, but many do. In the Ebsco databases, you can limit by clicking a check-box next to Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals.

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