Primary Source Literacy at USC Libraries & Beyond Main MenuSpecial Collections at the USC LibrariesAn Overview of USC’s Special CollectionsRare BooksWhat Defines a Rare Book?A Short History of the (mostly Western) BookImportant Developments in the History of the BookArchivesWhat is an Archive?Analyzing Various Kinds of Primary SourcesElectronically Available Primary SourcesUSC's Digital LibraryResources for InstructorsTemplates and Lessons Plans for InstructorsMichaela Ullmanncf670998beabefae2ae5106a30c967cbaff52258
1media/Frida Artists book.jpgmedia/students in Specol2mb.jpg2020-04-24T10:00:58-07:00Introduction29toc10116552021-03-15T14:10:53-07:00Welcome!
This toolkit was designed for students at the University of Southern California to support your learning and to help you become better independent researchers.
Archives and rare books are fascinating to work with and they can inspire scholarly and artistic endeavors of all kinds.
The modules in this book are designed to lead you on your path to becoming a better independent researcher.
By watching the tutorials, reading the texts, and following along the practical exercises we prepared for you, you will gain an understanding of the primary source repositories at USC Libraries and how to navigate them, you will learn what defines an archive and a rare book, you will be able to efficiently search and locate primary source materials - both physically and electronically - and you will be able to critically evaluate primary source materials by understanding underlying concepts such as biases, privilege, and archival silences.
