Post on 21-Dec-2015
HST 201 Major Issues in
the Life of C.G. Jung Fall 2010
Michael Unsworth
History Librarian
unsworth@msu.edu
“…the compiler of a BIBLIOGRAPHY acts as a scholarly research assistant, providing a summary of what is available in one easy-to-use guide.”
Meyer, Jack Allen. An annotated bibliography of the Napoleonic era: recent publications, 1945-1985 (New York : Greenwood Press, 1987): xi.
PRIMARY SOURCES:Definition
“…items that are directly associated with their producer or user and the time period in which they were created. Examples, include diaries, newspapers articles, government documents, photographs, oral interviews, and news broadcasts.”
Presnell, Jenny L. The information-literate historian : a guide to research
for history students (New York : Oxford University Press, 2007): 93.
sources manuscripts
archives notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
archival resources personal narratives
correspondence personnel records
diaries records and correspondence