1. Different Types of Sources Secondary – Books (second hand accounts) written by historians and other experts about the topic at hand (monographs, general, reference) Primary – First hand accounts written by people at that time (newspapers, diaries, letters, government records) Journal articles – Scholarly articles written by historians about the topic and published in reputable historical journals

2. Where to find Secondary Sources DRAGON: SG online card catalog: Books in our library Ocean State Libraries: - Interlibrary loan Also, ask librarians about private libraries Bibliography of textbook and other books ProQuest Direct (Dragon) JStore

3. Where to find Primary Sources Bibliographies of Secondary sources Dragon and Online databases – (next slide) Newspapers Primary source collections (ask me about these)

4. Where to find Primary Sources Go to DRAGON and follow the history links until you get to our class. Also: Online databases – especially: Modern Internet Sourcebook (Fordham) http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.h tml http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.h tml http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/ http://www.library.yale.edu/rsc/history/european/ siresreg.html http://www.library.yale.edu/rsc/history/european/ siresreg.html http://www.historyteacher.net/ (primary source link)

5. Where to find journal articles ProQuest (in Dragon) JStore (also linked to Dragon) Online searches (first check Dragon, Library, History section) Make sure to look at both peer reviewed journal entries and book reviews