Guides to Historical Sources
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Sources and Methods in African History
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Call Number: E-BookISBN: 1580466176Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Primary Sources on the Web
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Internet History SourcebooksLinks to primary source documents on all eras and societies of Africa.
Smart Searching
To quickly locate a particular type of primary source in most online catalogues such as BearCat use the following terms as SUBJECT rather than KEYWORD terms:
Diaries
Correspondence
Archives
Sources
Entries for countries and regions are usually subdivided by century. If you are looking for what is available to document general social or intellectual trends in a period search for the country's formal name (Great Britain, not "England") followed by the century designation: Great Britain 15th century. Major events in any century will often have a subheading of their own: Great Britain World War 1914 - 1918.
You can use the subheading Sources with these time period designations as well: Hundred Years War 1339 1453 Sources
When searching in WorldCat your result list will have a set of tabs at the top, two may be of interest for primary sources:
- Archival - used for collections of unedited primary sources for individuals, professional societies, or corporations
- Internet - may lead to freely accessible digital collections, such as The Diaries of John Quincy Adams a Digital Collection located on the Massachussets Historical Society web site
