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Outline of this guide:
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Notable guides:
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Questions? Contact Susanna Boylston (704-894-2494) or Sara Swanson (704-894-2157).
- Research help
- Extended loans
- Request at check out
- Due date: Thursday, 10 December 2009 (Reading Day)
- Subject to recall if others need them
- Only for books needed for your thesis
- Does not apply to books borrowed from other libraries
Tips
- Secondary Sources
- Primary Sources
- Choose the right tool/technique
- Search the Library Catalog and WorldCat
- Add subject terms to find primary sources
- archives
- correspondence
- diaries
- interviews
- manuscripts
- personal narratives
- sources
- Identify libraries and archives with collections related to your topic
- WorldCat
- Directories
- Directory of Special Libraries and Information Centers. 35th ed. Detroit, MI: Gale, 2008.
Reference R 026 Y74d
- Research Centers Directory. 34th ed. Detroit, MI: Gale, 2006.
Reference R 061 R429
- Subject Collections: A Guide to Special Book Collections and Subject Emphases. Comp. Lee Ash and William G. Miller. 7th ed. New Providence, RI: Bowker, 1993.
Reference R 026 A81s7
- Catalogs of Special Materials
Archival resources, online collections, manuscripts, and more.
- Specific types of sources
- Statistics and Polls
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