Primary and Secondary Sources
First, review our notes and take the primary source vs. secondary source quiz game a few times.Still need help? Check out: http://www.nhd.org/ConductingResearch.htm
Doing Research/Finding Sources
Primary Sources – What are they? How do you find them? What do you do with them?http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/sections/history/resources/pubs/usingprimarysources/index.cfm
Library of Congress – Digital Collectionhttp://www.loc.gov/index.html#
National Archives (the building in DC where the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and millions of other records are stored)
http://www.archives.gov/research/
University of Chicago – Special Collections http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/
The Encyclopedia of Chicago – Electronic Version(includes primary sources from the Chicago History Museum Collection)
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/
Infotrac Gale Virtual Reference Library [this may be subject to change]
If you are not at school and need to login,
login password: (*hint--our mascot)
Breaking News!
The Society of American Archivists NHD Committee is happy to announce the "opening" of a new, online toolkit with step by step help for NHD students conducting research in an archives.
Visit the site at: http://nhdarchives.pbworks.com
You will find:
• A short video introducing and welcoming students to archives
• Information on how to find and contact archives about primary sources on specific topics
• An introduction to using primary sources
• Information and examples of what to expect when you visit an archives
• Links to gateways to help find reliable sites for online primary sources
• Links to great information about teaching students how to work with primary sources
Also check out: http://www.nhd.org/researchcentral.htm
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