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Personal Accounts
Primary Source Collections
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Firsthand accounts that focus on the authors' role in the events in which they participated. Includes autobiographies, diaries, correspondence, memoirs, and personal narratives.
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Indexes and Bibliographies
 Arksey. American Diaries
Location: Ref CT214 . A77 1983
Coverage: 1492-1980
Annotated bibliography of published American diaries and journals.
Cole. Civil War Eyewitnesses
Location: Ref E601 .C674
Annotated bibliography of personal narratives written by soldiers, civilians, and foreign travelers that were published as books or articles between 1955 and 1996. (2 volumes)
Goodfriend. Published Diaries and Letters of American Women
Location: Ref CT3260 .G66 1987
Coverage: 1669-1982
Annotated bibliography of published diaries and journals of American women.
In the First Person
Searchable index of more than 4,000 collections of personal narratives in English from around the world.
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Library Catalog Searches
Use the table below to develop search strings for locating primary source bibliographies and collections in library catalogs. Words in the table and accompanying examples are derived from Library of Congress subject headings. Words enclosed in [ ] must be replaced with specific descriptors (e.g., use american in place of [nationality].
| bibliographies
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bibliography
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and
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autobiography
correspondence
diaries
[ethnic group]
[location]
[person]
personal narratives
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| diaries (general)
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diaries
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and
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[person]
[nationality]
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| diaries (by topic)
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diaries
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and
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[ethnic group]
[gender]
[location]
[occupation]
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| letters
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correspondence
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and
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[location]
[person]
[topic]
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| personal accounts
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personal narratives
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and
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[event]
[topic]
[war]
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| travel narratives
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description and travel
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and
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[location]
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In ALEX
- Choose the Advanced Search tab.
- Place each phrase or modifier in its own box.
- Change the defaults in the drop-down menus to the right to "as a phrase" and "subject" for entries shown in the "Enter this phrase" column from the taable above.
- Use a (?) to truncate words.
In WorldCat
- Place each phrase or modifier in its own box.
- Search by Subject for entries from the "Enter this phrase" column.
- Use an (*) to truncate words.
Sample searches:
- personal narratives AND united states AND slavery
- bibliography AND autobiography AND women
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(Reviewed: September 12, 2008)
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