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ART/AMS 172: Marketplace
Primary vs. Secondary sources
Primary resources are original materials authored or created by individuals who were the actual participants in the topic at hand. These include a wide range of written, oral, and visual records such as correspondence, diaries, memoirs, maps, accounts, speeches, photographs and interviews. Articles published in newspapers and magazines during the time period one is studying are often considered primary resources as well.Secondary sources are informational resources written by individuals who were not the actual participants in the topic at hand. They may be of value to your research since they often provide greater objectivity and different perspectives as a result of the passage of time. Common secondary sources include encyclopedias, books, journals, dictionaries, handbooks, and bibliographies.
Archives and Manuscript Collections
Archives are the non-current official records of an organization, government body, corporation, or institution that are retained or preserved for their unique information and/or perceived historical value.Archival materials of a personal nature such as letters, diaries, or wills are often called manuscripts or papers rather than archives since they do not document the official business of an organization, but that of an individual or family.
Search Terminology - Keywords and Subject Headings
When conducting research, always consider alternative keywords and subject headings for your topic at hand.For this course, alternative keywords may include: markets, marketplace, farmers markets, public markets, market stalls, curb stalls, vendors, sellers, stand holders, stand owners, etc.
Alternative subject headings may include: Commerce, Fairs, Market towns, Aftermarkets, Bazaars (Markets), Covered markets, Ethnic markets, Flea markets, Marketplaces, etc.
How to find books
- Select "CATALOG" from the Library home page. In finding books for this class, try using the keyword and subject terms mentioned above.
- When you discover a book of interest, select the "DETAILS" tab, and then the "FULL RECORD" tab to look at the assigned subject headings for that item. Note related subject headings, and click on them to find other books that are described in a similar way, and may prove useful.
- Remember to search out call numbers in both the STACKS and the REFERENCE ROOM. Call numbers are designed to mirror themselves in these two areas. If you find a valuable book in the STACKS, you will find similar, high quality REFERENCE items under the same call number in the REFERENCE ROOM.
Locating Primary Resources
Lancaster Collections
Archives and Special Collections - Franklin & Marshall College
Organizes, promotes, and preserves the visual and written record of the college, and special collections of the library. Find college
archives, manuscript collections, photographs, yearbooks, Lancaster
maps and local newspapers.
Lancaster County Historical Society
MarketPlace exhibition and research library. Find 19th and 20th century local newspapers, photographs, and manuscript and archival collections.
Duke Street Library - Library System of Lancaster County
Find 19th and 20th century local newspapers and Lancaster city records.
Directories - U.S. Collections
NUCMC - National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
Archives USA (4)
Art Full Text
BHA (Bibliography of the History of Art) (5)
American Studies/American History
America: History and Life
AGRICOLA
Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. (PA)
A more complete list of Lancaster PA historic newspapers (1796-present) can be found here.
Lexis Nexis
New York Times - Full Image
Book Catalogs (other than F&M)
WorldCat
A massive database containing records of manuscript collections from
across the country. The "Eligibility Guidelines" clarify what kind of
manuscripts are included in the database, while various tip sheets and
a FAQ provide additional guidance. From the Library of Congress.
Locate primary resources held in over 118,000 Special Collections with
links for contact and access information.
Electronic Resources to Locate Secondary Sources
Art/Architectural History
Variety of international English-language arts publications. Indexing
from 1984 to present, abstracting from 1994 to present. Link will
launch OmniFile Full Text Mega. Choose database from Subject Area.
Covering European and American art from late antiquity to the present,
the Bibliography of the History of Art indexes and abstracts art-related
books, conference proceedings and dissertations, exhibition and dealer's catalogs,
and articles from more than 2,500 periodicals. Covers 1973 to the present.
Comprehensive bibliography of articles on the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to present.
Covers abstracts 1964 to the present.
Over 2.9 million records covering every major agricultural subject. Compiled
by the National Agricultural Library of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Covers 1970 to the present.
Local Lancaster newspapers, provided by NewsBank. Covers 1995 to the present.
Connections to newspaper articles (including New York Times and Washington Post), transcripts (including NPR and CNN), business information (including SEC filings), and legal resources (including state and federal case law).
The New York Times (Sep 18, 1851 - Dec 31, 2001, full-text) offers full
page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.
The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every
page from every available issue.
A catalog of library holdings worldwide. Now contains over 1 billion records! Search here if you are having
difficulty locating books on your topic, and you have plenty of time before
your work is due: obtaining books found in WorldCat requires the use of
E-Z Borrow and/or Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
Other "How To's"...
Books & articles;
Web pages;
Scholarly vs. popular
Additional Help
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Last updated: 8/31/05 cmr