Library instruction for visual and historical source materials. Presentation focuses on defining primary sources, where to find visual materials, visual analysis, and searching historical newspapers through the library website.

1. VISUAL AND
HISTORICAL
SOURCE MATERIALS
sam alfrey, research and instruction librarian
slideshare.net/salfrey

2. PRIMARY SOURCES
SECONDARY SOURCES
TERTIARY SOURCES

3. HTTP://
BIT.LY/
2EYYTLP

4. PRIMARY SOURCES
SECONDARY SOURCES
TERTIARY SOURCES

5. PRIMARY SOURCES

6. AN EMAIL FROM YOUR
PROFESSOR
A. PRIMARY
B. SECONDARY
C. TERTIARY

7. SCHOLARLY ARTICLE IN
JSTOR
A. PRIMARY
B. SECONDARY
C. TERTIARY

8. BOOK REVIEW IN JSTOR
A. PRIMARY
B. SECONDARY
C. TERTIARY

9. REPORT OF
SCIENTIFIC DATA
A. PRIMARY
B. SECONDARY
C. TERTIARY

10. OXFORD ENGLISH
DICTIONARY
A. PRIMARY
B. SECONDARY
C. TERTIARY

11. NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
A. PRIMARY
B. SECONDARY
C. TERTIARY

12. VISUAL
RESOURCES

13. VISUAL ANALYSIS
describe the formal
characteristics of the
work (color, style, shape,
texture)
think about how the
work is organized, how
is it composed?
how does it connect
historically to your
topic?

14. Lewis, John, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell. Cover Image.
March: Book One. Marietta, Georgia: Top Shelf
Productions, 2013. Print.

15. ALA DIGITAL
IMAGES
COLLECTION
GUIDE
HTTP://CONNECT.ALA.ORG/
NODE/152079

17. WHITTIER.LIB
GUIDES.COM

18. NEWSPAPER
ARTICLES

24. SLIDESHARE.
NET/SALFREY

25. RESEARCH
CONSULTATIONS:
REFERENCE@WHITTIER.EDU