Locating Primary Source Information

Locating Primary Source Locating Primary Source InformationInformation

What it is and how to find itWhat it is and how to find it

What is a Primary Sources What is a Primary Sources Document?Document?

Primary sources provide Primary sources provide descriptions and information descriptions and information on a specific topic and allow on a specific topic and allow the researcher to get as close the researcher to get as close as possible to what actually as possible to what actually happened during a historical happened during a historical event or time period.  event or time period.  Primary sources were either Primary sources were either created during the time created during the time period being studied, or were period being studied, or were created at a later date by a created at a later date by a participant in the events participant in the events being studied (as in the case being studied (as in the case of memoirs) and they reflect of memoirs) and they reflect the individual viewpoint of a the individual viewpoint of a participant or observer. participant or observer.

Types of Primary Sources MaterialTypes of Primary Sources Material

Journal or Newspaper articlesJournal or Newspaper articlesBooksBooksPress releasesPress releasesMedia TranscriptsMedia TranscriptsInterviewsInterviewsGovernment statementsGovernment statementsDiariesDiariesReviewsReviews

Krupp Library Resources that Krupp Library Resources that contain Primary Source Informationcontain Primary Source Information

Proquest historical newspaper Proquest historical newspaper archivesarchives

JSTORJSTOR

CQ Historic documents seriesCQ Historic documents series

Periodical back filePeriodical back file

Proquest Historical NewspapersProquest Historical NewspapersProQuest Historical ProQuest Historical Newspapers™ offers full-Newspapers™ offers full-text and full-image articles text and full-image articles for newspapers dating for newspapers dating back to the 18th century. back to the 18th century. As part of the ProQuest As part of the ProQuest Historical Newspapers Historical Newspapers program, every issue of program, every issue of each title includes the each title includes the complete paper–cover-to-complete paper–cover-to-cover–with full-page and cover–with full-page and article images in article images in downloadable PDF.  The downloadable PDF.  The Krupp Library subscribes to Krupp Library subscribes to the historic the historic New York New York TimesTimes, , The Wall Street The Wall Street Journal.Journal.

JSTORJSTORJSTOR is a not-for-profit JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization with a dual organization with a dual mission to create and mission to create and maintain a trusted archive maintain a trusted archive of important scholarly of important scholarly journals, and to provide journals, and to provide access to these journals as access to these journals as widely as possible. JSTOR widely as possible. JSTOR offers researchers the offers researchers the ability to retrieve high-ability to retrieve high-resolution, scanned images resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages of journal issues and pages as they were originally as they were originally designed, printed, and designed, printed, and illustrated. The journals illustrated. The journals archived in JSTOR span archived in JSTOR span many disciplines. many disciplines. JSTOR is JSTOR is not a current issues not a current issues database.database.

JSTOR TutorialsJSTOR TutorialsJSTOR offers a JSTOR offers a tutorial to help you tutorial to help you get startedget started

JSTOR TutorialsJSTOR Tutorials

CQ Historical DocumentsCQ Historical DocumentsPublished annually since Published annually since 1972, the Historic 1972, the Historic Documents Series now Documents Series now contains 33 volumes of contains 33 volumes of primary sources. Each primary sources. Each volume includes volume includes approximately one hundred approximately one hundred documents covering the documents covering the most significant events of most significant events of the year. These documents the year. These documents range from presidential range from presidential speeches, international speeches, international agreements, and Supreme agreements, and Supreme Court decisions to U.S. Court decisions to U.S. governmental reports, governmental reports, scientific findings, and scientific findings, and cultural discussions. cultural discussions.

The HELIN CatalogThe HELIN CatalogThe Krupp Library The Krupp Library

maintains collections maintains collections of archived journals of archived journals known as Periodicals known as Periodicals Back file. You may Back file. You may search the HELIN search the HELIN Catalog to see what Catalog to see what titles and holdings we titles and holdings we have. have. If you would like to If you would like to obtain an issue from the obtain an issue from the Periodical Back file please Periodical Back file please ask for assistance from a ask for assistance from a library staff member.library staff member.

Periodical Back file search stepsPeriodical Back file search steps

Periodical Back file ContinuedPeriodical Back file Continued

Once you have determined the Krupp Once you have determined the Krupp Library owns the issue you would like Library owns the issue you would like to view ask at the Circulation or to view ask at the Circulation or Reference Desk staff to assist you in Reference Desk staff to assist you in retrieving the material.retrieving the material.

*There is no open browsing of the Back *There is no open browsing of the Back file*file*

QuestionsQuestionsIf you have questions about primary source documents you may want If you have questions about primary source documents you may want

consult with your professor or a reference librarian.consult with your professor or a reference librarian.http://bryant2.bryant.edu/~library/reference.htmhttp://bryant2.bryant.edu/~library/reference.htm