researching indians’ history introduction to library resources
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Researching Indians’ History
Introduction to Library Resources
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Three Types of Sources
• Primary: – sources written or created at the time of
the event and by eyewitnesses
• Secondary Sources: – analysis or interpretation written later
• Tertiary:– reference-type works and finding guides
to primary and secondary sources
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Secondary sources
Books Journal Articles
Dissertation
s
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Tertiary sourcesReference
Works
Databases
Finding Guides
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Search steps
• Topic and search terms – Topical– Geographical People – Organization – Chronological
• Types of information – Government reports– Newspaper accounts– First person accounts– Secondary sources– Images
• Encyclopedias can help you come up with a list of search terms
• The type of info needed determines which database to use
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Database searching
• Boolean operators • AND - narrows a search, links different
concepts• OR - broadens a search, links related
concepts/synonyms• ( ) – parentheses when combining ANDs and
ORs
• Truncation/wildcard• Many databases allow you to use a special
symbol to search for variations of word endings. The asterisk * is used by many databases but some use ?, #, !