Primary sources can be found in a variety of library tools: -
Catalogs: OskiCat and Melvyl - Online book and text collections
- Primary Source databases provided by the Library includes
databases for finding newspaper articles, such as Historical
Newspapers (ProQuest) or magazine articles, such as Reader's
Guide - Vetted sites on the web: Learn more about your topic in
advance: - names of relevant individuals and organizations -
dates of events - what terminology was used at the time by
participants and observers? (ex: negro or colored instead of
african american) Searching OskiCat for Primary Sources Search
OskiCat for primary sources using keywords and adding terms that
denote primary sources, such as: (keywords) taiping rebellion
sources Search by author: (author) hong xiquan Also try limiting
by date: years: 1800 to 1900 finding newspapers by country: (any
field) korea* newspapers books or journals:
journals/magazines/newspapers note: don't confuse the first date
of publication of the newspaper with the d