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American Military Culture: HIST 0847

Library resources that support the Gen Ed course American Military Culture

Contemporary News Databases

Evaluating News Sources

Historical News Databases

Tips on Searching Historical Primary Sources

  • Use specific names of individuals, places, events, and organizations.
    • Women may be referred to as Miss or Mrs. + [Last name] in older publications, without their first name.
  • Use Advanced Search to limit by date; Get this information from the biographical and reference sources
  • Think about alternative phrasing, language used during the time period; build your list of terms as you read secondary and primary sources
    • protest = riot = mob
    • draft = conscription
    • Black Americans = Negroes = Colored People