Primary Sources

Use one of these catalogs to find primary sources published in books:

Try using one of these official headings as a SUBJECT in your search:

• Sources
• Correspondence
• Diaries
• Description and travel
• Early works
• Personal narratives
• Public opinion
• Speeches
• Caricatures and cartoons

For example, if you want primary sources about the Vietnam War, you could try:

• "Vietnam war" as KEYWORDS
• "Personal narratives" as a SUBJECT

Here is an example of how this search could be done in LibSearch:

Then you may need to limit your search to books: