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HIST: U.S. History

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Primary Sources

A Primary Source is the original source of information of a topic, usually created at the time of an event
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Try searching for these terms with your topic: ex. "Jefferson documents"

Sources Letters Journal
Diaries Speeches Autobiography
Documents Court Cases Laws

 

  • Using Subject Headings to find primary sources:

The most common term used in Subject Headings are "sources" and/or "Autobiographies and memoirs

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