Searching for Primary Sources Online

(http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10-things/10-tips-for-smarter-more-efficient-internet-searching/)

• Use unique, specific terms
• Use the minus operator (-) to narrow the search
• Use quotation marks for exact phrases
• Don't use common words and punctuation
• Customize your search

  • The plus operator (+):  Eliminate stop words by using (+) instead of "and" 

  • The tilde operator (~): Return results that use synonyms

  • The wildcard operator (*):  fill in the blank operator

  • The OR operator (OR) or (|):  returns results with either of two terms

• ​Utilize faceting

Digital Public Library of America

(http://dp.la/search)

Institutional Archives

The American Indian Movement and Native American Radicalism

National Museum of the American Indian

Newberry Library

Great Lakes Digital Collection

The Minnesota Historical Society

Wisconsin Historical Society

Sequoyah Research Center

Photographic Archives

North American Indian Photographs

Edward S. Curtis's

The North American Indian

Digital Art Collections

Ayer Art Digital Collection

Woodland Indian Traditional Artist Project

Plains Indian Ledger Art

The Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art

George Catlin and His Indian Gallery

Kaahsinnooniksi Ao'toksisawooyawa: 

Reconnections with Historic Blackfoot Shirts

Historical Map Archives

Dave Rumsey Map Collection

Old Maps Online

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas

University of Alabama Map Collections

Digital Exhibits

Curated collections of primary sources (documents, images, maps, sounds, etc.) combined with contextual analysis.

The U.S.-Dakota War of 1862

American Indian Histories and Culture

The American West

Photographing the American Indian: Portraits of Native Americans, 1860-1913

Lewis and Clark and the Indian Country

Indians of the Midwest: An Archive of Endurance

Indians of the Midwest

Art of Conflict:  Portraying American Indians, 1850-1900

 "If You Knew the Conditions...": Health Care to Native Americans

I Shall Be Glad to See Them:

Gertrude Kasebier's 'Show Indian' Photographs

Self-Sustaining and A Good Citizen: William F. Cody and the Progressive Wild West

Framing Red Power

Local Histories

Citing Electronic Sources

(https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/)

• Your citations should include as much of the following information as possible:

  • Author and/or editor names (if available)

  • Title of the Website, project, or book in italics. 

  • Any version numbers available, including revisions, posting dates, volumes, or issue numbers.

  • Date you accessed the material.

  • URL 

A Sample Citation