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CLASS 1524: Stairway to Hell: Dante's Inferno and Classical Myth (Spring 2024)

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What makes a source primary?

Depends on the topic; it can be complicated.  Talk specifics with your advisor.

Very basic, simplistic definition: What is a primary source?

Useful Tips

Browse footnotes and bibliographies of books, encyclopedias, and articles for information about primary sources. >/p> Search the Library Catalog for primary sources-- modern editions in print and online, sometimes in translation, of original primarysources. Use the advanced search with your topic words in combination with the term sources. In the context of a library catalog, sources means primary sources, either primary sources themselves in modern editions, or books about primary sources, or excerpts of primary sources.

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