Subject Expert
Paul Victor
Contact:
JFK Library
320 Media Lane
Cheney, WA 99004
Office Hours: By appointment.
320 Media Lane
Cheney, WA 99004
Office Hours: By appointment.
509-359-7909
Find Books, Videos
Having problems requesting items via Summit? Please contact the JFK Circulation Department at 509.359.7888, or ewu.circulation@ewu.edu, or in person on the Main Level.
- EWU Library Catalog This link opens in a new windowSearch for books, videos, articles and more at EWU Libraries, Summit Libraries and beyond. While not required, if you want the full functionality (save or request items, etc.), please sign in with your NetID.
Finding & Understanding Primary Sources
The following Web sites will explain the differences between primary and secondary sources.
Useful Words for Finding Primary Sources in Databases/Catalogs
To find books that reproduce primary sources on your topic, you need to enter the topic (or person) you are researching and one of the following subjects:
Archives, correspondence, diaries, interviews, letters, manuscripts, maps, memoirs, narratives (personal, slave, etc.), photographs, propaganda, sources, speeches.
If you want to find reproductions of important primary sources from U.S. history, then you can do a subject search for United States History Sources in the EWU catalog.
Doing Historical Research
The Information-Literate Historian: A guide to research for history students by Call Number: JFK Upper Level Book Stacks: D16.2 .P715 2007ISBN: 0195176529Publication Date: 2006-09-01
