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Primary Sources

Primary sources are works generated at the time of the event.  Primary sources include:

1. Documents produced by the events themselves: government documents, treaties, reports of official bodies, letters, and speeches.
2. Documents produced to record events at the time of the event: chronicles, diaries, journalists' reports, interviews, drawings, photographs, tape recordings and video tapes.
3. Primary sources also include oral histories or recollections of a participant to an event.

The easiest way to locate primary sources on your topic is to find a good scholarly book on the topic and consult the list of references at the end of the book.

Locating local history material:

To locate items in the St. Joseph's College Libraries, refer to the How to Find Books in the Library page.

To locate websites and databases refer to  How to Find Electronic Resources page.

How to use this wiki:

Use the sidebar links to navigate this research guide for local history resources.