Research Guides: Introduction to Archival Research: Primary Sources

Rare and Distinctive Collections

Classroom: Norlin N345

Reading Room: Norlin M350B

Primary sources

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Types of primary sources	Finding primary sources
Evaluating primary sources	Archival silences

Recommended resources

The Information-Literate Historian by Jenny L. Presnell
ISBN: 9780199926046
Publication Date: 2012-08-01
Designed to teach today's history students how to successfully select and use sources-primary, secondary, and electronic-to carry out and present their research.

Some content in this section is adapted from "Archival Research," City University of New York Graduate Center, https://libguides.gc.cuny.edu/archivalresearch