UNC Libraries header
Political Science Research Tutorial
Finding Primary Information Sources

The library offers many ways to locate primary sources. The following are just a few examples.

Databases
 

Includes voting data useful for research on campaigns and elections, Congress, and the presidency.

 
Contains declassified documents related to U.S. foreign policy since 1945.
 
Full-text and full-image newspaper articles, 1851 to 2001.
Print Resources
 
Features oral histories, speeches, letters, laws, legal decisions, and newspaper articles covering 1900-1999.
Historic Documents   Each volume includes documents from a particular year, including reports, surveys, speeches, legislation, testimony, and more.
Special Collections and Tools
 
Designed for beginning and undergraduate research.
 
Part of Wilson Library, this collection includes letters, diaries, photographic images, sound and film recordings.

Declaration of Independence from the National Archives
Ballistic Missile Base in Cuba from Digital National Security Archive

CQ Voting and Election Example
<< back | next >>