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HIST2600: Historical Methods (Slavery Focus): Library Catalogs

Search Terms for Primary Sources

To find primary sources in library catalogs, the following search terms - coupled with your subject terms - are among the most useful:

  • Anecdotes
  • Archives
  • Biography
  • caricatures and cartoons
  • case studies
  • Catalogs
  • comic books, strips
  • correspondence
  • description and travel
  • diaries
  • documentary films
  • exhibitions
  • interviews
  • manuscripts
  • maps
  • notebooks, sketchbooks
  • personal narratives
  • photography
  • pictorial works
  • portraits
  • public opinion
  • songs and music
  • sources
  • speeches
  • statistics
  • statues

Library Catalogs

Cheng Library Catalog
Contents of the Cheng Library's collection.


JerseyCat
Search other library catalogs in New Jersey.


WorldCat
Huge union catalog of libraries in the U.S. and other countries; over two billion holdings records.


Subject Guide

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