History356: 20th Century America: Primary Sources
Who might be interested in your topic?
Think about:
- Local libraries (public or academic or state)
- Presidential Libraries
- Historical societies
- Library of Congress: American Memory
Visit their home pages. Have they digitized materials? If they haven't digitized, have they published Finding Aids (which give you a good sense of what materials are contained in their collections)?
Collected/Published Works
When searching a database of books, whether the catalog or Google Books or WorldCat:
- Keywords to use in searches: diaries / journals / sources / personal narratives / correspondence / letters
- Also, look for these words in subject headings, and follow the subject links
Examples from our collection:
- Foreign relations of the United StatesCall Number: (Gov Docs) S 1.1
- Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald ReaganCall Number: (Gov Docs) AE 2.114: 988
- This side of glory : the autobiography of David Hilliard and the story of the Black Panther PartyCall Number: E185.97 .H55 A3 1993
- Vietnam, a history in documentsCall Number: DS556.8 .V532 1981
Subject Guide
Rebecca Seipp
Contact:
seipprl@hollins.edu
MSIS, Information Science
The University of Texas at Austin
BA, History
Southwestern University
MSIS, Information Science
The University of Texas at Austin
BA, History
Southwestern University
540.362.6328