Primary sources are firsthand accounts of history through original documents and objects created at the time.

Here is a sampling of places you may find primary sources for History:

1. Infotrac (from PPS homepage look under Reference tools) > Michigana (Michigan history)

2. ABC-CLIO Social studies databases (also found under Reference tools on PPS homepage)

3. SIRS (PPS> Reference) - you can search your topic then narrow results to primary sources or government documents OR you can go to Government Reporter> Historical Documents

4. Mel Databases (PPS> Reference)- can search by Government Document Number if you know it.

5. Google US Government search- www.google.com/unclesam (you need to evaluate the articles yourself to determine relevancy, accuracy and credability, authority, etc.)

6. Library of Congress- They have a special section for primary and secondary sources www.loc.gov/teachers/additionalresources/relatedresources/world/primary.html and they also have information for citing primary sources.

7. Sound recoprding of famous American speeches- http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html