Primary Source - Materials from the time of the person or event being researched. (Letters, diaries artifacts, photographs, and other types of first-hand accounts and records, as well as reminiscences and oral histories. Stories from newspapers of the time may also be primary sources.)
Secondary Source - Materials that were created at a later time. They analyze and interpret primary sources; footnotes or bibliographies can lead to primary sources.
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Newspapers: The New York Times, Baltimore Sun, Christian Science Monitor, Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.
The New York Times Historical Newspaper 1851-2013
Search The Nation, America's oldest weekly magazine.
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The Southern Maryland Studies Center at the CSM La Plata Library is a local history archive that has tons of primary sources about Charles, Calvert, and St. Mary's County history! There are many prizes at the county level that are sponsored by local history organizations, and your chances of getting one of these cash prizes is much higher if you choose a local history topic! We would be more than happy to work with you one on one to help pick a topic and find some amazing primary sources.
World History
Book call numbers beginning with D.
U.S. History
Book call numbers beginning with E & F.
