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