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

Institutional Archives

Photographic Archives

Digital Art Collections

Historical Map Archives

Digital Exhibits

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

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