Research Guides: HIST 355: Latin America to 1830: Home

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Online platform for reading academic eBooks. These eBooks are also included in the library catalog.
*EBSCO Search: History* This link opens in a new window
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Searches Historical Abstracts, History Reference Center, and SocIndex with Full Text.
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Click "Settings" icon (cog wheel).
Find "Library Links" in left-hand menu bar.
Begin typing "Adams State University - Find It! @ Adams" and select when option appears. Begin typing "Open WorldCat - Library Search" and select when option appears.
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Links to electronic versions of primary historical documents, sorted by subject.

A primary source is a document, speech, or other sort of evidence written, created or otherwise produced during the time under study. These sources were present during an experience or time period and offer an inside view of a particular event. Some types of primary sources include:

Diaries, journals, and letters
Newspaper and magazine articles (contemporary, factual accounts)
Government records (census, marriage, military)
Photographs, maps, postcards, posters
Recorded or transcribed speeches
Interviews with participants, witnesses, or people alive during the time under study
Songs, Plays, novels, stories
Paintings, drawings, and sculptures

A secondary source interprets and analyzes primary sources. These sources are one or more steps removed from the event. Secondary sources may have pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources in them. Some types of secondary sources include: