Primary Resources and Real-World Data

Definition of Primary Source
http://library.ups.edu/instruct/ricig/comm105/primary.htm

ALA Primary Sources Page
http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/historysection/histsect/histcomm/instructionres/usingprimarysources.cfm

Links to primary source data by Annette Lamb
http://annettelamb.com/tap/topic88.htm

CIA World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Earthquake Data
http://neic.usgs.gov/

Mapping a given Logitude and Latitude
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/latlong.adp

Population Data
http://www.census.gov/population/www/

One Excel sheet sample – computer use
http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/computer/2003/tab01A.xls

A Day by Day Journal of Life on the Oregon Trail
http://www.theragens.com/fifty_years/fifty_years_in_oregon_18-19.htm
Keywords: “ Oregon trail journals” (Type in the keywords with the quotes into Google, Yahoo, or Ask to find examples of real journals from the Oregon Trail.)