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This guide provides HIST 107 students information and strategies for accessing primary and secondary sources in order to effectively research a topic in American History before 1877. Ideally, this guide is used as a companion to the in-person HIST 107 library orientation taught by a librarian.

Guide users come to a writing task with a wide range of library research experience. For some, this is your first research paper at Citrus, this may even be your first college class. For others the research process may be familiar, but our library resources and search strategies may be new to you. For those repeating this course, keep an eye out for new resources and tips.

This guide is organized into major areas reflected in the page tabs above.