What is a primary source?
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Consult the Research Using Primary Sources Guide This guide will clarify how to locate, access, and use primary sources, particularly at the University of Maryland. Check the CDC's Diseases & Conditions A-Z index This list will help you to identify an illness, injury or disease to get started with your class assignment. Identify a report or a meeting transcript from WHO IRIS (World Health Organization, Institutional Repository for Information Sharing) Choose the year before exploring the content. |
Credit: Laura Cleary, Instruction and Outreach, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Maryland Libraries |
Explore the historical collections of:
Finding Books
WorldCat - UMD Libraries' catalog
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Search the Libraries' catalog, WorldCat, for books, manuscripts, images, videos and more. Use the filters on the left side menu to filter your results by:
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Google Books - Advanced Book Search
By using Advanced Search, you can limit your results using a variety of parameters.
Finding Newspapers and Magazine Articles
Finding Films
Selected films from the UMD Digital Collections.
National Healthcare
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"Paid in Full," 1976 (Full Length) - 26 min. |
"Our Nation's Health," 1953 (Full Length) - 13 min. |
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AIDS
"Changing Attitudes: Union Members Talk About AIDS," 1991 (Full Length) - 16 min.
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Environmental Health
"Toxic Earth: The Need to Unite," 1984 (Full length) - 18 min.
History of Medicine Resources by Health Condition
This guide presents resources for the study of the history of medical practices, institutions, treatments, and experiences throughout the AM collections, mostly from an English-language and Western medical perspective. From the journals of ship surgeons describing 18th-century medical procedures on sea voyages to public surveys on ordinary people's opinions on universal healthcare, these primary sources cover a wide range of medical topics across centuries of primary source content.
The guide is organized by health conditions, including contagious diseases, mental health, women's health, living with disabilities, public healthcare, addiction, etc.
If you have any questions about access to these resources, don't hesitate to get in touch with Nedelina Tchangalova at nedelina@umd.edu.
Contact Us
If you need further assistance with your research project, we will be happy to help.
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Eric Lindquist
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Nedelina Tchangalova
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