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Highlight a Hero

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HIST 313--Modern American Social History--Peitscher
"Highlight a Hero"
Page author:  Paula Olsen  
 
 
FACTS
Library resource:
  • American National Biography:  Authoritative source.  Published by Oxford University Press. Edited by historians from colleges & universities across the country.  Biographees must be dead. 
 
Web resource:
Useful for background information and to help you familiarize yourself with a subject, but generally not considered an appropriate source to cite for a college-level research paper.  Check the "References" and "External links" section of Wikipedia, if available. 
 
 
VISUALS
Library resource:
Digital library of nearly one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and the social sciences.
 
Web resource:
 
PRIMARY SOURCES
Web resource:
 
Library resource:
Library catalog—search for a book about your hero. You will often find primary source material in a book in the form of letters, diaries, documents, or photographs.
 
REFERENCE BOOKS
  • American National Biography / CT213 .A52 1999 multi-vols.
  • Current Biography / CT100 .C97 multi-vols.
  • Notable American Women 1607-1950 / CT3260 .N57 1971 3 vols.
  • Women in World History / HQ1115 .W5 1999 multi-vols. 
 
 
ARTICLES
Search for articles about your hero in library subscription databases:

 

 
 
 

 

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