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Primary Sources -- LC Subject Headings when searching library catalog

What period? The Conquest, the Colonial Era, or the National Period?

• Archives
• Autobiography
• Correspondence
• Diaries
• Early Works to 1800
• Interviews
• Laws
• Memoirs
• Personal Narratives (or the word ‘narrative’ in the title of a book, usually)
• Sources (this is the main subject heading for primary sources)
• Treaties

Full-Text Databases (Articles, Encyclopedia entries)

• Gale World History in Context - browse the section on Countries, Cultures, and Civilizations
• Salem History - click browse tab, select by Geographical Location
• JSTOR - strong collection of scholarly articles on historical topics; mostly considered secondary sources. Difficult to refine by topic, but Advanced Search lets you narrow by discipline.

Websites

• Use infomine.ucr.edu as a decent search tool for academic and scholarly websites (avoid the $ pay per view sites)
• Search for selected sites using the Google operators.
  inurl:library site:edu guide [insert relevant terms], e.g., Mexico, history

Citation Guides

• MLA documentation
  • MLA style samples (PDF)
  • MLA Style: English and other humanities
• Chicago documentation style
  • Notes/bibliography examples
  • Citing Library Databases (pdf guide)

Link to Post-Test