1	History 12 Political & Social History of the United States Library Information Competency Workshop #1
2	Today we will cover the following issues Distinguishing between primary and secondary sources Determining the main ideas of a source Analyzing sources Making conclusions
3	Distinguishing between Primary and Secondary Sources Primary Sources Material written or produced in the actual time being investigated. This implies that the researcher cannot go further back to any existing sources for this source. Examples: Diaries, journals, speeches, interviews, letters, memos, manuscripts, memoirs, autobiographies, government records, records of organizations Published materials (books and journal/newspaper articles) written at the time about a particular event Documentary: photographs, audio recordings, movies or videos Public opinion polls, field notes, scientific experiments, artifacts Reprinted primary sources Maps, oral histories postcards, court records, paintings, sculptures, consumer surveys, patents, schematic drawings, technical reports, personal accounts, jewelry, private papers, deeds, wills, proceedings, census data (Primary vs. Secondary Sources)
4	Distinguishing between Primary and Secondary Sources Secondary Sources Records generated by an event but written by non-participants in the event. Based on or derived from primary sources, but they have been interpreted or analyzed. Examples Encyclopedias, chronologies, fact books Biographies, monographs, dissertations General histories Most journal articles (except those written at the time) Most published books (except those published at the time, reprints of primary sources, or autobiographies) (Primary vs. Secondary Sources)
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7	Determining Main Ideas of a Source What is Ida Wells’ main objective in these documents? Write a brief version of the letters in your own words.
8	Issues for further research When were women granted the right to vote? When were African-Americans granted the right to vote? How many African-Americans were registered Republicans in 1928? What was Herbert Hoover’s position on racial equality?
9	Analyzing Sources Evaluating reliability, validity, accuracy, authority, timeliness, point of view, bias. Acquaint yourself with background information. Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History Wells, Ida; Barnett, Claude; Suffrage, Republican Party Corroborate facts with external sources.
10	Where to Find Primary Sources Annals of America ([REF] E173 .A793 1978) American Decades Primary Sources ([REF] E169.1 .A471977 2004) Online Catalog – subject keyword search: Sources History 12 Website (http://www.lahc.edu/socsci/caldwell/default.htm) Local Historical Archives (www.lii.org) subject search [Place Name] – History or [Place Name] --Archives
11	Where to Find Primary Sources (cont.) American Memory Collections (Library of Congress) http://www.alexanderstreet7.com/firp/ Jane Addams Primary Sources Hull House and Its Documents Urban Experience in Chicago: Hull-House and its Neighborhoods, 1889-1963. Images Related to the Women’s Suffrage Movement
12	Bibliography Primary vs. Secondary Sources. Oct. 2002. Grossmont College Library. 10 Oct. 2003. http://www.grossmont.edu/Library/libraryinstruction/Flyers&Handouts/primaryvssecondarydocshandoutt.pdf Wells-Barnett, Ida Bell. Letter to Claude Barnett. 1928. Claude A. Barnett Papers, Chicago Historical Society. http://www.chicagohs.org/AOTM/Mar98/mar98fact2a.html