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Researching Indians’ History

This introduction to researching Indian history explores three types of sources: primary, secondary, and tertiary. Primary sources are created at the time of events by eyewitnesses, while secondary sources provide later analysis and interpretation. Tertiary sources include reference works and finding guides for accessing primary and secondary data. Learn how to identify search terms and apply effective database search strategies using Boolean operators to enhance your research on topics related to Indian history.

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Researching Indians’ History

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  1. Researching Indians’ History Introduction to Library Resources

  2. Three Types of Sources • Primary: • sources written or created at the time of the event and by eyewitnesses • Secondary Sources: • analysis or interpretation written later • Tertiary: • reference-type works and finding guides to primary and secondary sources

  3. Written Visual Primary sources Oral

  4. Books Journal Articles Secondary sources Dissertations

  5. Reference Works Databases Tertiary sources Finding Guides

  6. Topic and search terms  Topical Geographical People Organization Chronological Types of information  Government reports Newspaper accounts First person accounts Secondary sources Images Encyclopedias can help you come up with a list of search terms The type of info needed determines which database to use Search steps

  7. Database searching • Boolean operators • AND - narrows a search, links different concepts • OR - broadens a search, links related concepts/synonyms • ( ) – parentheses when combining ANDs and ORs • Truncation/wildcard • Many databases allow you to use a special symbol to search for variations of word endings. The asterisk * is used by many databases but some use ?, #, !

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