Primary Source Ideas
Want to find information from the time period your design object was created? Primary sources are materials directly related to a topic by time or participation and include interviews, historical newspapers, and more. In contrast, secondary sources interpret or analyze historical events or circumstances. Examples of secondary sources include scholarly or popular books and articles, reference books, and textbooks.
You can consult this Finding Primary Sources website on the Gleeson website for more primary source ideas. A few ideas are listed below, too.
- Gale Primary Sources
Gale Primary Sources allows researchers to uncover primary source documents in archives where they may not have thought to look, greatly enhancing their research experience. By building a seamless research environment for multiple collections, Gale is creating the largest digital humanities and social sciences collection in the world. - Art and Architecture in Video
Art and Architecture in Video delivers over 500 hours of documentaries and interviews illustrating the theory and practice of a variety of art forms and providing the context necessary for critical analysis. Ideal for both undergraduate and graduate courses, the works within this collection offer a dynamic tool to enhance understanding of visual media. - Architectural Digest Magazine Archive
The Architectural Digest Magazine Archive includes cover-to-cover access to issues of the iconic and influential design magazine from the 1920s to 2011.
