Your assignment...
What qualifies as a "primary" source...
discussion & considerations
examples
Tip: For primary sources related to many HIST 219 topics, try:
A letter from Emma, queen of the Franks (987-988). Retrieved from open access collection: Medieval Women's Latin Letters.
The Tiberius Map (Second quarter of 11th century), ©British Library. Retrieved from the Library's access to digitized primary source collection: Medieval Travel Writing.
Exploring the dimensions of the topic...
key words and concepts
broader, narrower, related
questions that arise as you go
keeping a journal for your paper
Where to look for scholarly, secondary sources depends on the nature and scope of your topic...
Historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Index to secondary literature with some full text coverage and linking to external full text sources.
Searches from this VIU-authenticated version of Google Scholar link to VIU resources where applicable. Search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.
Tracing the scholarly conversation...
One useful item may help to locate others. For example:
Look at references (footnotes, endnotes, bibliography) to trace the sources the author used...
In this case, a cited book is found in the Library collection.
Book:
Tracing sources forward using Google Scholar "cited by":
Selected resources for Chicago Style help:
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