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History 498D: U.S. Empire

A guide for history majors completing their senior capstone project. Guide presupposes mastery of basic library skills taught in History 200.

Primary Source or Secondary Source?

Work with a partner. Together, examine each of these resources, and briefly answer the following questions:

  1. What is this resource?
  2. Could you use this as a secondary source?
  3. Could you use this as a primary source?