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Combine your WORD search in
the online catalog with some of the following terms:
Letters
Memoirs
Diaries
Sources
Description and travel
Interviews
Personal narratives
Pictorial works
Correspondence
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Use author search:
People associated with event or
place
Example: Pizarro,
Pedro or Cortes, Hernan
Organizations
Places (Cities, States, or
Countries)
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Limit search by date
(though this might miss reprint
volumes)
Example: books on Mexico written
before 1700, Argentina between 1940-1960.
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Use the bibliography of
a good secondary source
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Consult U.S. Government Documents Indexes
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Tutt Article Access Page – History
http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu/Library/Reference/History.html
Indexes to
periodical and newspaper articles written during the time period of the
event.