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POLS 299: Pride: Building the American Republic on Science & Technology (Klinghard)

Databases for Finding Primary Sources

You can also sign up for a Boston Public Library eCard to gain access to a number of databases that may be helpful for this class:

BPL Databases:

Government Documents and Other Political Sources

Locating Primary Sources in Print

Start by searching the Holy Cross Library Catalog

Search by an author from the time period or enter a subject in combination with any of the subject headings used to define primary sources:

Autobiographies
Correspondence
Diaries
Documents
Early works to…
Government documents
Interviews
Legal documents
Letters
Manuscripts
Memoirs
Narratives
Pamphlets
Photographs
Reminiscences
Sources
Speeches

In WorldCat, you may use any of the above strategies or limit your search to “archival materials.”