Welcome, US History students,
to your second Fall research project!

This project will give you experience using primary sources:

1. First, consult the Encyclopedia Britannica in print, for information on your historical figure (or American Biographies).

   Using what you learned in your first project, use the Encyclopedia Britannica as your research anchor, i.e., the base on which all of your research will be founded.

2. Search American Memory from the Library of Congress, a repository for many digitized primary documents. Click on Search to search for items across all collections.
   
   
3. Look in the indexes of the Annals of America, vols. 6-9, on the reserve shelf of our library, for documents authored by your historical figure. Numbers referred to are document numbers, not page numbers.
   
   
4. Do a focused, two-step Google search:
   • a. Limit your search to .edu sites at Google

   • b. Search Google Uncle Sam, which finds only .gov sites.

   Some of the keywords to look for in your results are: primary sources, historical documents, letters, speeches, lectures, essays, addresses, diary, archives, testimony, etc., or variations of these words and phrases.

Your research must come from solely from primary sources (aside from the Britannica), per Mrs. Middleton's requirements.

Works cited must be in MLA Format. You can use the library's Samples for Works Cited sheet, which uses MLA Format, as well.

Good luck!