Finding Primary Sources - HIST 258 - Environmental History / Kiser, April - James P. Adams Library at James P. Adams Library

Strategy 1 - Comb through bibliographic notes and references

Locate referenced sources online or using the library catalog.
- Example: References List in Uncertain Path (University of CA Press) https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ric-ebooks/reader.action?docID=570666&ppg=125
Ask a research librarian for assistance tracking down sources referenced by writers in their bibliographies.

Strategy 2 - Browse open digital collections produced by government, academic, and cultural heritage organizations

Biodiversity Heritage Library
The Biodiversity Heritage Library improves research methodology by collaboratively making biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community.
Calisphere
Calisphere is your gateway to digital collections from California's great libraries, archives, and museums.
Dawnland Voices
A digital archive that preserves materials produced by Indigenous communities in New England. The growing archive includes letters, newspapers, petitions, stories, and photographs.
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)
DPLA connects people to the riches held within America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions.
The Early Caribbean Digital Archive
An open access collection of pre-twentieth-century Caribbean texts, maps, and images.
Europeana
Search for millions of items from a range of Europe's leading galleries, libraries, archives and museums
The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920
Documents the historical formation and cultural foundations of the movement to conserve and protect America's natural heritage.
Library of Congress Prints & Photographs
The Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) contains catalog records and digital images representing a rich cross-section of still pictures held by the LoC.

Strategy 3 - Go to known historical publications

New York Times, 1851-2019 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
The New York Times (1851 to 2019) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.
Providence Journal: Historical (Newsbank) This link opens in a new window
Full-text of locally-written articles from 1829-1981 can be searched, emailed, or downloaded from the Providence Journal on Newsbank.

Strategy 4 - Search for primary sources in print

Library Catalog Basic Search
Use the library catalog to find primary sources in print. Useful keywords: sources, letters, diaries, author’s name.