Definition: an original, first-hand, or eye-witness account offering an inside view.
Examples:diaries, interviews, letters, raw data, official documents, legislation, and court records, photographs, journal articles, newspaper articles, autobiographies, and speeches.
What is a Secondary Source?
Definition: a secondary source provides second-hand information that has been digested, analyzed, reworded, and interpreted.
Contains middle and high school-appropriate magazine, journal, and encyclopedia articles and also includes primary source documents, reference books, and multimedia.
Aimed at college/university students, it contains the Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, magazines, periodicals and other research tools.
Contains the full breadth of human expression, from the written word, to works of art and culture, to records of America’s heritage, to the efforts and data of science.
A comprehensive database of biographical information throughout history, around the world and across all disciplines and subject areas. Use your Virtual Student Library Card to log in.
A cross section of American history featuring biographies and entries on the some of the most important events in U.S. history. Use your Virtual Student Library Card to log in.
Full-text primary source historical documents (such as the Constitution) with accompanying in-depth analytical essays. Use your Virtual Student Library Card to log in.
Five volumes organized by region, describes the history, religious practices, food, and daily life of virtually every Native American tribe in the United States and Canada. Use your Virtual Student Library Card to log in.
