RESOUR> [NetGold] HISTORY: PRIMARY SOURCES: INTERPRETATION AND RESEARCH SKILLS: Using Primary Sources on the Web

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Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:31:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: David P. Dillard <jwne@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: NetGold <NetGold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [NetGold] HISTORY: PRIMARY SOURCES: INTERPRETATION AND RESEARCH
    SKILLS: Using Primary Sources on the Web

HISTORY: PRIMARY SOURCES: INTERPRETATION AND RESEARCH SKILLS: Using
Primary Sources on the Web

Reference & User Services Association -- History Section
Using Primary Sources on the Web
<http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/RUSA/>

| What are Primary Sources | Finding Primary Sources on the Web |
| Evaluating Primary Source Web Sites | Citing Web Sites |

"What are Primary Sources?

 Primary sources are original records created at the time historical
events occurred or well after events in the form of memoirs and oral
histories. Primary sources may include letters, manuscripts, diaries,
journals, newspapers, speeches, interviews, memoirs, documents produced
by government agencies such as Congress or the Office of the President,
photographs, audio recordings, moving pictures or video recordings,
research data, and objects or artifacts such as works of art or ancient
roads, buildings, tools, and weapons. These sources serve as the raw
material to interpret the past, and when they are used along with
previous interpretations by historians, they provide the resources
necessary for historical research"

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"Citing Web Sites

It is important to provide complete information about your primary source
whether found in a printed source or online. The basic elements to include
in a citation for a published print source are: author of the document,
title of the document, title of the book if different from the document,
name of editor or author of the book, place of publication, publisher,
year, and page numbers. The basic elements to include in a citation for an
online source are: author of the document, title of the document, title of
the web site, author or producer of the web site, url, date (if given) and
date accessed. Various style formats such as Chicago, MLA and APA put
these elements in different order using different conventions. See the
following web sites for further information and examples.

Citing Electronic Information in History Papers
[http://cas.memphis.edu/~mcrouse/elcite.html]

Columbia Guide to Online Style
[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html]

Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Resources
[http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/index.html]

Research and Documentation Online
[http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/]

Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement
[http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sources/] "

This document, beyond the discussion has two important valuable features
beyond the discussion on the page itself.  First the content for each of
the topics discussed has been augmented by a link to further discussion.
Further there are links to content pages like those shown above for sites
that focus on the citation of online sources that augment the discussions
of the topics found on this website.


Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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