Archival Resources on the Web

Student Guides to Archival Research

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Abstract

Entering the local department store recently I was reminded that it is “Back to School” time once again. Let’s see what is on the shopping list of incoming college student Sally Newby. She’s looking for notebooks, folders, pens, pencils, highlighters, a pocket calendar, a backpack, and textbooks. Sally has registered for classes and has secured a part-time job. She has even attended the library orientation workshop during opening week. But a few months later Sally is struggling with her first term paper. She has read several articles on her selected topic but still needs to formulate her topic statement and a list of sources before the end of October. Her professor wants her to include some primary sources in her research. Professor Brown suggested that she visit the university archives and search for manuscripts and records on her topic. Sally isn’t quite sure what primary sources are or how to locate and make use of them. She knows that the archives department is in the basement of the library, but she didn’t learn about these sources in her library workshop. Wouldn’t a student’s guide to archival research be helpful at this point?

How to Cite:

Muir, H., (2001) “Student Guides to Archival Research”, MAC Newsletter 29(2), 17-18.