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Women in US History: 1800-1850: Primary Sources

Primary Sources

Sources created by those who lived it

 

Any document, image, or artifact created at the time of the topic being researched is a primary source.

Examples include: eyewitness accounts, autobiographies and memoirs, diaries, letters, speeches, reports, newspapers, household and day-to-day objects, clothing, works of art, architecture, and photographs.

Please note: primary source documents are a reflection of the time and culture in which they were created and may contain language or images that are considered offensive today.

 

Tips for Citing Primary Sources in NoodleTools

 

FIND PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIAL IN

HISTORICAL NEWS DATABASES

 

  • ALWAYS limit your search to the date range relevant to your topic.
  • Try searching terms, phrases, etc. that were commonly used at the time in relation to your topic. 
  • Look for document-type limiters that may improve your results, such as article, commentary, editorial, front page / cover story, letter to the editor, etc.

 

Resource Allows NoodleTools Export  Citations can be exported from this database to NoodleTools.
 

Scan pages from books and other print sources 

including title page and back side of title page
and email the PDF to your Taft email
with

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If you have any questions, see
Mr. Padgett, Ms. Taylor, or Mr. Previti
OR email us at 
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  taylorp@taftschool.org
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HISTORY DATABASES

CONTAINING PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIALS

 

 

FIND PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIAL IN  

BOOKS /eBOOKS AND REFERENCE BOOKS / eBOOKS

USING RHINOCAT

 

Find PRIMARY SOURCES by or about a person relevant to your topic in RhinoCat.
  • Do an Author search using the name of a person relevant to your topic to find books, letters, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies written by that person.
  • Do a Keyword search using the name of a person to identify writings, interviews, and speeches in anthologies and collections.
  • Keywords you can combine with your topic or person's name include speeches, diaries, interviews, and correspondence. For example:
    • Progressive era speeches  
    • Theodore Roosevelt correspondence
 
Find PRIMARY SOURCES on your topic in RhinoCat using Advanced Search.
  • Click here to open the Advanced Search page.
  • In the first Keyword search line, replace xxxxx with your search term.
  • In the next Keyword search line, change Keyword to Subject and paste in (sources OR diaries OR narratives)