HON122 - World History I - Dr. Senecal

Finding Primary Sources

In this class, we will use three methods to identify primary sources on topics in ancient and medieval history.

1. Finding a scholarly encyclopedia article that lists primary sources in its bibliography
2. Finding a scholarly encyclopedia article that lists primary sources in its text
3. Searching library catalogs for primary sources
   • Search the SU Library Catalog
   • Search the Library of Congress Catalog
   • Use "primary source" terms to modify your search, such as:
     

     source?	primary?	document?
     correspondence	letter?	diar?

Subject Encyclopedias

World History

• Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History (GVRL)
• Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion (GVRL)
• Encyclopedia of Women in World History
• Women in World History: a Biographical Encyclopedia (GVRL)
• Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport (GVRL)
• New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (GVRL)
• Oxford Companion to World Exploration

Ancient and Classical World

• Oxford Classical Dictionary
• Encyclopedia of the Ancient World (Print)
• Women's Role in Ancient Civilizations (Print)
• Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World (Print)

Ancient Near East

• Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
• Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East (Print)
• Civilizations of the Ancient Near East (Print)

Middle Ages and Renaissance

• Dictionary of Byzantium
• Dictionary of the Middle Ages (Print)
• Encyclopedia of European Social History (GVRL)
• Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
• Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance

Religion

• Encyclopedia of Religion (Print)
• Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
• Encyclopedia Judaica (Print)

Specific Regions

• Encyclopedia of India (GVRL)
• Encyclopedia of Russian History (GVRL)
• Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture (GVRL)
• Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Culture (Print)
• Historical Dictionary of Iraq (GVRL)
• Encyclopedia of African History (Print)
• Africana (Print)
• Encyclopedia of Precolonial Africa (Print)
• Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan (Print)

Social Sciences

• Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender (GVRL)
• International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (GVRL)

Article Databases

• Academic Search Complete
• JSTOR
• Project Muse
• ARTstor