Primary Sources: Primary Sources @ VU

On the library homepage, underneath the library catalog (VANCAT) search box, select  Advanced Search. Perform either a keyword or subject search - screenshot below with some tips:

**The following is a list of Library of Congress subject headings that will help you locate primary sources in VANCAT:

• correspondence (use this when searching for letters)
• diaries (first hand accounts documenting the historical period)
• "early works to 1800" (pre-1800 works)
• interviews (transcripts of an interview)
• pamphlets (brief work tackling a specific issue at the time it was published)
• "personal narratives" (first hand accounts)
• speeches (transcript of speeches)

The library provides access to various databases with primary sources. 

Search the following databases for primary sources in the arts and humanities:

Looking for primary sources in the natural and social sciences?

Search:

Or, try using keywords like survey, statistics, case studies, empirical studies, etc... in the following databases:

The following databases have a methodology filter - narrow down search results by research type, such as clinical case study, empirical study, field study, etc... :

Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO) has a primary source filter. Under Publication Type select Primary Source Document. The database will only retrieve primary source items. 

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