Primary Sources
Books
Use the UCSB catalog or Next-Gen Melvyl
- Catalogs use words such as correspondence, sources, personal narratives, and speeches to indicate primary sources.
- Use any of the above words in conjunction with your topic keywords.
Websites
- Early Encounters in North America (1542-1870) Letters, diaries, memoirs, images, and accounts of early encounters. Searches can be limited by language, nationality of author, cultural event, etc.
- Empire Online Images of original documents relating to empire studies. Includes accompanying thematic essays.
- EuroDocs: Online Sources for European History Primary history documents from Western Europe.
- Historical Text Archive No indexing or search screen, so this is a little tricky to navigate. Try using the "links" section first.
- Repositories of Primary Sources 5000 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare book collections, historical photographs, and other primary sources.
Subject Guide |
Jane FaulknerContact Info:
Davidson Library, Room 2561 B
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010
805.893.5380
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Subjects:
English, French
Davidson Library, Room 2561 B
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010
805.893.5380
Send Email
Subjects:
English, French
Citation Styles
Need help writing your citations?
Here are some style guides:
Modern Languages Association (MLA)
Purdue University's Online Writing Lab for MLA help
Paraphrase vs Plagiarism?
Paraphrase = well done!
Plagiarism = F (or worse)
Know the difference.
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