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PRIMARY SOURCES ON THE INTERNET |
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Primary sources offer a first hand view of an event. Secondary sources
interpret and analyze primary sources. The same document pay be a primary
source in one investigation and a secondary source in another. Technically
primary sources should be original documents. The resources below are
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AMERICA'S STORY FROM AMERICA'S LIBRARY. Library of Congress designed for
young people.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov
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AMERICAN MEMORY HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS FOR THE NATIONAL DIGITAL LIBRARY.
Gate
way to primary source materials from United States history. Offers more than
7,000,000 digital items.
http://memory.loc.gov
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DOCUMENTING THE AMERICAN SOUTH. Offers primary materials providing Southern
perspectives on American history and culture. Includes "slave narratives,
first-person narratives, Southern literature, Confederate imprints,
materials
related to the church and black community...". For all educational levels.
http://docsouth.unc.edu
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ELECTRONIC TEXTS AND PRIMARY SOURCES. Eclectic, up-to-date selection from a
wide variety of subject areas and languages.
http://www.digital-librarian.com/electronic.html
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EURODOCS: PRIMARY HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS FROM WESTERN EUROPE. Offers links to
Western European (mainly primary) historical documents that are
transscribed,
reproduced in facsimile, or translated
http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs
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THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY DIGITAL LIBRARY COLLECTION. Online access to
collections of unique and rare materials; for example, "African American
Women Writers of the 19th Century". (previously recommend by Caroline
MacNichol at a MS staff meeting)
http://digital.nypl.org
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Other Resources |
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