The purpose of this research guide is to give students and faculty an overview of conducting primary source research and to share resources for finding digitized primary source materials online. Click the links in the left-hand sidebar or the links below to browse the sections of this research guide.
Instructional Video: Introduction to Archival Research
Overview of Primary Source Research
Online Resources for Primary Source Research
Primary Source Exercise: Judge Garrity's Chambers Papers
Primary Source Exercise: Carol McEldowney's Coming Out Journal
Primary Source Exercise: UMass Boston History
Primary Source Exercise: Choose Your Own Adventure
About University Archives and Special Collections
About the image: Students studying in the Joseph P. Healey Library on the Columbia Point campus, early 1980s. Courtesy of University Archives and Special Collections.
To schedule a research appointment, request digitization of UASC materials, and for all other inquiries, please email library.archives@umb.edu.
Some of the primary source exercises in this research guide were adapted from:
Library of Congress. "Teacher's Guide: Analyzing Primary Sources."