What makes a source
primary?
Depends on the topic;
it can be complicated.
Talk specifics with faculty.
Very basic, simplistic definition:
What is a primary source?
Browse footnotes and bibliographies of books, encyclopedias, and articles for information about primary sources.
Search the Library Catalog for primary sources--both unpublished manuscripts
and modern editions in print and online, sometimes in translation, of
original primary medieval sources. Use the guided keyword search with terms like:
sources
diaries
personal narrative
interview
letters