What are Primary Sources: More Info

• Additional explanations and examples of primary sources

Web Sites:

• Getting Started: What are Primary Sources
  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/start/prim_sources.html
• Library Research Using Primary Sources
  http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/PrimarySources.html
• Primary Sources Research
  http://www.library.yale.edu/ref/err/primsrcs.htm
• Researching History: Types of Sources
  http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/history/historyday/his.html>
Books:
• Brundage, A. (2002). Going to the sources: a guide to historical research and writing. Wheeling, IL: Harlan Davidison.
• Howell, M.C. and W. Pevenier (2001). From reliable sources: an introduction to historical methods. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
• McDowell, W. H. (2002). Historical research: A guide. London: Longman.
• Peterson, T. H. (1993). "Using the finding aids to archive and manuscript collections." In C. A. D’Aniello (ed.), Teaching Bibliographic Skills in History: A Sourcebook for Historians and Librarians (pp. 265-292). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

Images: Letter from George Washington to Josiah Thompson, July 2, 1766. Courtesy of American Memory.