Searching for Primary Sources
The following terms are found in the subject headings of records for published primary sources.
- sources
- diaries
- correspondence
- interviews
- personal narratives
- pamphlets
- oral history
- maps
- speeches
- early works to 1800
- census
- pictorial works (for compilations of photographs or other visual materials)
Getting Started: Bibliographies
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American Indian and Alaska Native Newspapers and PeriodicalsUse this printed bibliography to identify journals and newspapers.
Getting Started: Encyclopedias, Handbooks
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Blackwell's Companion to American Indian HistoryThe volumes in Blackwell's Companion series are excellent introductions into a field.
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Reference encyclopedia of the American IndianSixteenth edition of a the directory of Native American (U.S. and Canadian) organizations, associations, resources, bibliographies and biographies.
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Handbook of North American IndiansA fundamental reference work. Includes volumes on Indians in Contemporary Society; Environment, origins, and population; History of Indian-White relations; Arctic; Subarctic; Northwest Coast; California; Southwest; Great Basin; Plateau; Plains; Southeast; Northeast; Languages.
