Primarily history: historians and the search for primary source materials

  • Authors:

  • Helen R. Tibbo

  • Affiliations:

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2nd ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

This paper describes the first phase of an international project that is exploring how historians locate primary resource materials in the digital age, what they are teaching their Ph.D. students about finding research materials, and what archivists are doing to facilitate access to these materials. Preliminary findings are presented from a survey of 300 historians studying American History from leading institutions of higher education in the U.S. Tentative conclusions indicate the need to provide multiple pathways of access to historical research materials including paper-based approaches and newer digital ones. The need for user education, especially in regard to electronic search methodologies is indicated.