Tutorial
3: Locate
Primary Sources in Archives
Quiz
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have 90 seconds to complete this quiz.
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1. There are many reasons historians prefer to consult original primary source
documents over reproductions, including transcription problems and the desirability
of viewing large groups of related documents together.
2.
The cataloging record for a large archival collection in a library catalog gives
details on every folder in that collection. (10 points)
3.
The NUCMC Gateway to the RLIN AMC file is a tool that allows you to search the
archival and manuscript holdings of many repositories. (10 points)
4.
The finding aid provides even less information about an archival or manuscript
collection than a library catalog record. (10 points)
5.
Archives usually make their materials available to researchers in open stacks
just like libraries do.
