Citing Sources - 
Want books? Use:
ALAMO LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG
Example: Taking Sides - Clashing Views on global issues
- Current Controversies series
Example: Free Speech
PRIMARY SOURCES
Firsthand, original accounts created at or around the time an event actually occurred
Examples: autobiographies, original research, letters, memoirs, speeches, works of literature (poems, novels, etc.)
SECONDARY SOURCES
Interpretation, analysis, commentary, or summary after an event occurred
Examples: literary criticism, biographies, reviews, analyses, textbook, encyclopedias, etc.
Primary vs. Secondary Chart
Quia Activity - Primary or Secondary?
Library of Congress American Memory Project
Want articles? Use:
ELECTRONIC DATABASES
Databases by Subject
INTERNET SITES
NLC Library Hotlinks
Try government websites for agency web pages and statistics - Google site:.gov
SEARCH STRATEGIES
- Boolean - AND, OR, NOT
- Field searching - Subject, Author, Title
- Quotation marks for exact phrase
- Truncation - root + variants (*)
- Database Limiters: date, publication type, type, peer-reviewed, etc.
OPTIONS FOR FULL-TEXT - Where is the actual article???
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Call: (210) 486-5388
Email: nlc-reference@alamo.edu
Library Instructor: Sarah Garrett
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