mame 2010 lansing, mi suzanne robinson, mel databases training coordinator, mcls
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MeL is a project of the Library of Michigan, an agency of the state government. The Library of Michigan contracts with MCLS and partners with a number of Michigan organizations and institutions to provide MeL services.
This service is funded in part by the State of Michigan through the Library of Michigan. Additional project support comes from the Federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) via the Institute of Museum and Library Services(IMLS).
MeL Credits
Books Pamphlets Essays Diaries Serials Gov docs Maps
Comic books & graphic novels
Manuscripts Archival materials Realia
What are primary sources?
Tablets Visual materials Music, sheet music Sound recordings Dissertations
Interviews Emails Tweets Text messages Census data
Secondhand knowledge After the event with analysis,
interpretation,etc. Conveying experiences and/or opinions of
others One step removed
What are secondary sources?
I.E., many sources reviewed, analyzed, different viewpoints taken into account, third party accounts, newspaper reports, etc.
How does the author know? Was the author at the scene? Where does the information come from? Based on single piece of evidence or multiple
sources?
What to ask
MeL Michigana Sabin Michigan collection Academic OneFile Opposing Viewpoints Gale Virtual Ref Library eLibrary, eLib Elem Culturegrams
Where in MeL?
http://www.yale.edu/collections_collaborative/primarysources/primarysources.html
http://www.princeton.edu/~refdesk/primary2.html
My sources…
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/usingprimarysources/
http://www.ala.org/rusa/sections/history/resources/pubs/usingprimarysources
http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/04/world/germany-america-map/index.html?hpt=hp_bn2
http://www.imls.gov/keeping_oral_history_alive_in_a_digital_world.aspx
http://dohistory.org/
http://guides.library.ucsc.edu/primarysecondary