Finding Primary Sources with HOLLIS
USING SECONDARY SOURCES:
If you're searching for primary sources on a topic, one good place to look is a secondary source that cites original texts, manuscripts, archives, and images.
USING FILTERS IN HOLLIS:
After searching for a topic or name in HOLLIS, limit the search results to the Resource Type "Archives/Manuscripts."
USING SUBJECT HEADINGS:
For archival sources, interviews, memoirs, images, etc.:
► Use the Starts With/Browse search in HOLLIS, specifically "Browse by Subject." Look for subjects with these subheadings:
- Diaries
- Interviews
- Sources
- Archival resources
- Newspapers
- Personal Narratives
- Biography
- Pictorial Works
- Comic Books
- Caricatures and cartoons
- Photographs
For stories, novels, plays, and films:
► For novels, plays, and stories about a topic, look for subject headings with these subheadings:
- Fiction
- In Literature
- In motion pictures
- Juvenile fiction
- Drama
- Poetry
- Literary collections