Finding Primary Sources on the Web: More Info
- Use a search engine
- The Best Search Engines
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/SearchEngines.html - Search Engines Features Chart
http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/features/ - Speak with your teacher or librarian
- Consult an encyclopedia such as the Columbia Encyclopedia
- To find web sites dealing with Treaty of Westphalia, search for the phrase in quotations "treaty of westphalia." This search retrieves sites such as the Avalon Project's Treaty of Westphalia as well as 6,000 other sites containing the phrase.
- To find web sites dealing with the potato famine in Ireland during the 1840s, search for the phrase in quotations "irish famine." This search retrieves sites such as Views of the Famine.
Each search engine searches differently. For information on searching see:
To find specific terms (people, events, places) related to your topic:
Examples of some Google searches:
Image: First page of Lewis F. Allen's First appearance, in 1832, of the cholera in Buffalo. Courtesy of Cornell University Library's New York State Historical Literature.
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