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Evaluate web resources for:

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Academic Research

1. Don't rely on Google for everything!

2. Focus on scholarly literature see the Scholarly Vs. Popular YouTube on left side of this screen).

3. Perform more than one search and build your search 1 or 2 keywords at a time!

4. Evaluate the information you find using the criteria in the box above.

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Keywords

Click on the Wordle below to see a list of keywords that can help you locate primary sources when combined with your topic.

Wordle: Primary Sources - Keywords

Locating and Evaluating Primary Sources

Using Primary Sources on the Web

Designed to provide researchers with information to help evaluate internet sources and the quality of primary materials found online.

World History Sources

Use this website to locate and analyze online primary sources

Selected Websites

Battle Lines: Letters from America's Wars

BBC’s British History

Britannia History

British History Online

EuroDocs: Primary Sources

From the Home Front and the Front Lines (U.S.)

Internet History Sourcebooks Project (world)

Library of Congress: American Memory Collections

Rutgers Oral History Archives (U.S.)

Tudor History

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

Your Librarian

Jill Lichtsinn

jslichtsinn@manchester.edu
Phone: 982-5015
Office: 114 Funderburg Library

 



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