Integrating Digital Resources into Your Reading

 Primary Source  eBooks

 Through Databases (Newspapers, magazines, government documents)  National Archives  University Websites  Libraries (eBook collections, and digital collections)

 Anything that can be accessed in a digital manner

Pro’sCon’s Can be accessed outside the classroom Many times you need web access Allows access to primary source materials without expensive field trips Requires wading through thousands of web sites and documents Allows for in-depth exploration of topic May require teacher direction to not get “lost” in depths of cyber space Many can be accessed now on eReaders/tablets Requires monetary investment into electronic equipment Allows students to explore topic from perspective of those who “were there” Understanding language barriers and processing concepts may require additional assistance from teacher

 Even with the additional needs, teaching with eResources and primary resources can open the door for greater access to materials and in turn more exposure to text, literature and educational concepts.

Now more than ever, this is the time to start exploring your school, local public, and university libraries. (Remember: You don’t need to make a physical trip to all these places any more.)

 Primary Sources - Examples  Proceedings from conferences, meetings and symposia  Data sets and statistics  Original correspondence, including  Government documents (such as "No Child Left Behind")  Empirical studies (research based on scientific and experimental results)  Technical reports  Dissertations and theses (when based on original research)  Learning objects  Autobiographies  Diaries  Original works of literature or treatises  Interviews, surveys and fieldwork documentation  Speeches  Photographs  Tests, scales  Course materials and syllabi  Medical charts  Student records (i.e., report cards)  News articles (sometimes secondary)  Logos, symbols and signs  Original documents and records (county records, certificates, etc.)

 Secondary (and Tertiary) Sources - Examples  Bibliographies  Indexing and abstracting tools  Library catalogs  Online databases  Biographies  Commentaries  Dictionaries and encyclopedias  Journal articles (sometimes primary)  Monographs (other than fiction, poetry, autobiography)  Textbooks  Works of criticism and interpretation  Concordances  Treatises  Handbooks  Chronologies  Almanacs and fact books  Directories  Review articles and editorials  Histories about a topic  Digests and summaries  Data tables and summaries

 Primary Sources. Primary sources are original materials, created at the time of an event or soon thereafter. They are usually created by those who saw an event or collected data themselves. They are often one-of-a-kind or rare sources and present original thinking, new discoveries or new information. Sometimes, primary sources may be reports of an event from t he same time period. Secondary Sources. Secondary sources describe, interpret, analyze, evaluate, explain, or comment on a primary source or event. Secondary sources are removed from and are often written after-the-fact, with hindsight. Secondary sources are often finding tools, pointing to primary sources.

 George Washington University’s National Security Archive  LOC – Finding Primary Resources  National Archives  National Archives Online Exhibits -  Archives of American Art -  New Deal Network -  The Edison Papers -  The Veterans History Project -  The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online -  Washington University’s Science Primary Resources  Perseus Digital Library -  The Galileo Project -  History of Mathematics Web Sites -  Online Exhibits from the Museum of History and Science  NASA Science and Math Teaching Resources -

 Holocaust Cybrary  Digital Librarian’s Statistics Web Portal librarian.com/statistics.htmlhttp:// librarian.com/statistics.html  Ad Acess from Duke University  The New York State Digital Collections Archives Native American Resources  The Field Museum at Chicago’s Collections - collectionshttp://fieldmuseum.org/explore/our- collections  American Museum of Natural History  International Children’s Library –  The Origional Mother Goose -  Bunyip Stories from Australian Government - Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales  Academy of American Poets -  Project Guttenberg  University of Virginia’s Modern English Collection (1500 – present)

 Teacher Tap -  Best of History Websites  Digital Librarian  IPL2 Repositories of Primary Sources collections/Other.Repositories.html collections/Other.Repositories.html  Woolums, Jill. "Primary and Secondary Sources for Education and Psychology." University of California Berkley Library. The Regents of the University of California, 16 Feb Web. 24 Feb  Yale University’s Guide to Primary Resources ources.html ources.html