JUVENILE AND YOUNG ADULT BOOKS containing primary sources

Hot-linked search for juvenile and young adult books in our library catalog: primary sources or sources or diar*or autobiogr* or personal narratives

Browse on library shelves for Children's Picture, Fiction and Non-Fiction Books

 

Hot-linked library catalog searches:

Resources related to fact and fictional diaries, biography and autobiography

Resources for teaching about primary sources in the classroom   

 Especially see:

From the Source (video) curr CX 372.8 VIDEO F86 1991

Thinking like a historian (student booklet and teacher guide) In Teacher Ed Resource Center at: curr CT 372.8 C888t 1998

The Primary Source: Historical Documents About US. History   Reproductions of primary sources in  7 vols. In Teacher Ed Resource Center at: curr CC 373.897 H37 1987

PRIMARY SOURCES IN OUR MAIN MILNE LIBRARY COLLECTION

Enter a keyword search for your topic on the Advanced Search screen as in examples:

• civil war and sources [substitute your own topic]
• united states and sources
• civil war and personal narratives
• civil war and diaries
• civil war and correspondence
• civil war and autobiography
• civil war and biography
• civil war and map*
• civil war and speeches
• speeches and Abraham Lincoln
• speeches [will find a general ist of speeches on all topics ]

ESPECIALLY SEE: Representative American Speeches (1943 to present) Located on top floor of Milne Library at: PS 668 B3

PRIMARY SOURCES IN OUR GENESEE VALLEY COLLECTION FOR EIGHT LOCAL COUNTIES

On Advanced library catalog search screen, in 'Limit by Document Type' select ' Genesee Valley Collectio.,' Eight counties covered : Ontario, Steuben, Livingston, Monroe, Wayne, Wyoming, Allegheny, Genesee.  Collection includes books, maps, phone directories. newspapers, censuses and more.

SOME SUGGESTED SEARCH TERMS (use with Limit By option on Advanced Search Screen in Geneseo's Online Library Catalog)

• african americans
• canals
• erie canal
• indians
• Iroquois [or name of other group]
• Canandaigua [ or other town, city, village]
• ontario [or other county name:[Steuben, Livingston, Monroe,Wayne, Wyoming, Allegheny, Genesee]
• railroads
• transportation [ or other specific topics, such as rivers, canals, railroads,etc.]
• business and records
• directories
• genesee river region
• genesee river region history
• civil war

Specific family and place name indexes are also available in the Genesee Valley Collection room.

NEWSPAPERS Newspapers may make reference to,analyze or reprint primary source material (text of speeches,public documents, testimony of witnesses to event). Newspapers published contemporaneously with an event also serve to document how the public was informed of and reacted to events.

NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL NEWSPAPERS

Local newspapers from the eight counties in the greater Rochester/Genesee Valley area are available on microfilm and are listed on the Genesee Valley Collection webpage.

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle 
Most current issue is in café on main floor; issues for past few months are in file cabinet near windows in Teacher Education Resource Center on lower floor of library. Earlier years back to 1969 available on microfilm .  A paper-format subject index back to 1980’s is available on shelves adjacent to microfilm cabinets on lower floor of library.

Buffalo News, Newsday and other New York newspapers
Index and full text for recent years in New York State Newspapers  

New York Times
Index and full text back to 1980 is online in Lexis Nexis Academic
Index back to 1851 is in New York Times Archive. Full text back to 1851 is on microfilm in Milne.

NEWSPAPERS ELSEWHERE

Relatively recent primary sources Limit a search to the publication type 'Primary source documents' in Academic Search Premier and MasterFile Premier databases.

Vital Speeches of the Day This periodical contains speeches given by current and past public figures.

Index and full text available from 1934 to the present in EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier Important: On database search screen, enter ‘Vital speeches of the day’ and change search field to' SO Journal Name' to find a list of all speeches included in that publication. To limit a search to speeches by a particular person, add name in one of the search boxes and/or add a topic to find speeches on a particular topic. You may also limit searches by year.

Also try searching in above and other databases under the term 'speeches' without limiting your search to Vital Speeches of the Day.

Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature  May be useful for finding general interest and popular magazine articles reflecting all aspects of American life (social, political, economic, etc.) from 1900-present In Room 107 on Milne lower floor at: ref index AI 3 R4 To determine whether we own a particular periodical you found indexed in Reader’s Guide, look up name of periodical in our periodicals list.

Nineteenth Century Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, 1890-1899. Index to general interest and popular magazine articles. On lower floor of Milne in Room 107 at: ref index AI 3 R38

Poole's Index to Periodical Literature Covers 1802-1907 On lower floor of Milne in Room 107 at: ref index AI 3 P66

Harper’s Weekly, Making of America and other resources on Milne Library's 'Resources By Subject: History' webpage.

WEBSITES AND DATABASES

Accunet/AP Multimedia Archive
Contains current and historical pictures, audio, text and graphics from the Associated Press.

American Memory
Contains primary source materials including pictures, audio, video and text documents on American history and culture.

ARTstor
Register so that you can create groupings of excellent quality images of pottery, sculptures, paintings, drawings, etc. that. you find of interest and organize these in ARTstor for an online presentation. You may search for a specific culture, e.g. Iroquois, or a topic or artist, etc.

Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Website Search under 'Primary Sources'

National Council for the Social Studies

Two important databases for the greater Rochester area:

Rochester History   Database of articles written by the historian(s) of the city of Rochester based on primary sources published in the magazine, Rochester History. Articles cover all eras of Rochester and Western New York history.  Full text and index online

Rochester Images The Rochester Images database includes historical and contemporary pictures, maps and manuscripts about Rochester and Monroe County.

See websites under'All Subjects' and under ‘Social Studies ’ for resources that may be useful for teaching with primary sources

JOURNALS FOR TEACHERS CONTAINING LESSON STRATEGIES FOR PRIMARY SOURCES

Some professional journals for teachers likely to contain suggestions for using primary sources with students are listed below. Even if you cannot find an article on using primary sources that is directly related to your own topic in these professional journals, consider adapting teaching methods for other topics to yours.

Social Education 1989 until 2000 index and full text in ProQuest Research Library ;1937 to current on Milne Periodicals shelves.

Social Studies 1990 to the present index and full text in Education Research Complete; and Teacher Reference Center; 1953 to current on Milne Periodicals shelves

Social Studies for the Young Learner 9/1/2003 to current indexed (no full text) in Education Research Complete and Teacher Reference Center; 1988 to current on Milne Periodicals shelves

For articles in additional journals, search in ERIC CSA, Education Research Complete; and Teacher Reference Center

MUSEUMS To be added. Ask librarian.

This page created by Barbara Clarke, Head, Teacher Education Resource Center, Milne Library, SUNY Geneseo

Please direct comments and questions to: clarke@geneseo