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, and archives. You could start with one of the course readings on your syllabus.
USING FILTERS IN HOLLIS:
After searching for a topic or name in HOLLIS, limit the search results to "Archives/Manuscripts."
USING SUBJECT HEADINGS: (See also Topics in US Imperial History)
For archival sources, interviews, and memoirs:
► Use the HOLLIS Advanced Search in "Library Catalog" mode; combine a Subject like Korean War with additional Subjects, such as any of these:
- 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, stories, or poetry about a topic, combine your main Subject with additional Subjects like these:
- Fiction
- In Literature
- In motion pictures
- Juvenile fiction
- Drama
- Poetry
- Literary collections