History - European

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• Look for primary sources listed in the bibliographies of secondary sources on your topic.
• Look for primary sources that are published or reprinted in books
• Use periodicals (newspapers, magazines, journals) from the time period.
• Don't forget to look for government and organization documents, if relevant.

Add Primary Source Keywords to Your Search Terms

• autobiography
• memoir
• sources
• personal narrative*
• letters
• correspondence
• diaries
• diary
• interview*
• oral history
• archives
• speeches
• notebooks, sketchbooks

Example:
Kenya and history and (letters or correspondence or narratives)

This technique can be used in  LibrarySearch, MIDCAT, or other databases.