Immerse Yourself In History with Primary Secondary Sources

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Immerse Yourself In History with Primary & Secondary Sources

Immerse Yourself In History with Primary & Secondary Sources

Introducing Primary & Secondary Sources A Primary Source is: • An artifact of its

Introducing Primary & Secondary Sources A Primary Source is: • An artifact of its time • A first-hand account about a person or historic event. Examples: • Historic objects • Manuscripts • Interviews with participants • Autobiographies • Government records • Newspapers from the era • Letters • Photographs • Music of the era • Original film footage A Secondary Source is: • Commentary or analysis of a historical event that is based on primary sources. Examples: • Biographies • Encyclopedias • History textbooks • Media documentaries • Books about the topic • Interviews with scholars/experts • Articles about the topic • Websites

Where Should I Start? Historical Sites Libraries Interviews Historical Societies

Where Should I Start? Historical Sites Libraries Interviews Historical Societies

Online Resources - Google Advanced Search http: //www. google. com/advanced_search • • Search certain

Online Resources - Google Advanced Search http: //www. google. com/advanced_search • • Search certain classes of websites (. gov, . org, . edu) or within a particular website • “site: ” followed by domain name • Ex. (pearl harbor site: . gov) • Ex. (pearl harbor site: ohiohistory. org) Limit your search to specific file formats (pdf, ppt, doc) • Search term “filetype: ” followed by format abbreviation • Ex. (pearl harbor filetype: pdf) Exclude pages that have specific key words • Hyphen in front of the word you don’t want to appear in the search results • Ex. (pearl harbor -memorial) Search specific group of words • Quotation marks around the words • Ex. (“pearl harbor attack”)

Online Resources - Google Advanced Image Search https: //www. google. com/advanced_image_search • • Search

Online Resources - Google Advanced Image Search https: //www. google. com/advanced_image_search • • Search to certain classes of websites (. gov, . org, . edu) or within a particular website • “site: ” followed by domain name • Ex. (pearl harbor site: . gov) • Ex. (pearl harbor site: ohiohistory. org) Search image attributes • Helpful when looking for highest quality images • Choose from drop down menu – large, specific dimensions, or file size • Size search shortcut: size option menu on the right side of results page Google Books http: //books. google. com/ Google Patent Search http: //www. google. com/? tbm=pts

Online Resources - Wikipedia – Using Wikipedia Responsibly • Understand what it is and

Online Resources - Wikipedia – Using Wikipedia Responsibly • Understand what it is and how it works: http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Wikipedia • Look critically at citations • Links to more information Images on Wikipedia • Wikipedia relies on public domain images, many from national archival collections already available to you. • Although public domain images can be used, you still need to cite the repository • Finding the repository behind images on Wikipedia. • • • Click on the image Read the description Does it say where the image came from? Does it have a link to the repository? Is it a reputable source?

Other Great Online Resources National Archives and Records Administration Online Public Access – New

Other Great Online Resources National Archives and Records Administration Online Public Access – New Integrated Search Interface www. archives. gov/research/ Charters of Freedom www. archives. gov/exhibits/charters/ Our Documents – 100 Milestone Documents www. ourdocuments. gov/ Library of Congress American Memory memory. loc. gov/ammem/index. html

Other Great Online Resources Prints & Photographs Online Catalog www. loc. gov/pictures/ Chronicling America:

Other Great Online Resources Prints & Photographs Online Catalog www. loc. gov/pictures/ Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers chroniclingamerica. loc. gov/ Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center collections. si. edu/search/ Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) dp. la/

Contact Us! Dr. David Simonelli, Region 4 Coordinator Department of History, De. Bartolo Hall,

Contact Us! Dr. David Simonelli, Region 4 Coordinator Department of History, De. Bartolo Hall, Room 533 Youngstown State University dsimonelli@ysu. edu 330 -941 -1601 Kayla Metzger, Region 4 Local History Corps Rep Department of History, De. Bartolo Hall, Room 529 klmetzger. americorps@gmail. com 330 -941 -3459 @History. Day. YSU