Using Primary Sources for Research
Primary v. Secondary Sources of Information
A primary source is a document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study. These sources were present during an experience or time period and offer an inside view of a particular event. A secondary source interprets and analyzes primary sources. These sources are one or more steps removed from the event. Secondary sources may have pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources in them. For more information, click here.
LHS Library Information Databases - Primary Sources
All the databases LHS has are searchable for primary sources. Log in: Leilehua, Password: Mules
Internet sites with primary sources
Learn about primary sources: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/usingprimarysources/
National History Day Contest: http://www.nhd.org/USHistoryPrimarySources.htm
National Archives - http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/
World Digital Library - www.wdl.org
American Memory - contains 11 million primary sources related to American history and culture - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
Veteran's History Project - first-hand accounts of soldiers - http://www.loc.gov/vets/
Internet Archive - text, audio and more! -http://www.archive.org/
Other primary sources: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/additionalresources/
Hawaiian language documents ('Ike Ku'oko'a): http://www.awaiaulu.org/main/index.php
Hawaiian electronic library (Ulu kau): http://ulukau.org
National History Day Contest: http://www.nhd.org/USHistoryPrimarySources.htm
National Archives - http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/
World Digital Library - www.wdl.org
American Memory - contains 11 million primary sources related to American history and culture - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
Veteran's History Project - first-hand accounts of soldiers - http://www.loc.gov/vets/
Internet Archive - text, audio and more! -http://www.archive.org/
Other primary sources: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/additionalresources/
Hawaiian language documents ('Ike Ku'oko'a): http://www.awaiaulu.org/main/index.php
Hawaiian electronic library (Ulu kau): http://ulukau.org