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Research & Citation Help
Check out the How To Do Library Research guide for advice on search strategies, finding resources, primary sources, and more!
Another helpful guide will assist you with How to Evaluate Sources for your research
Try the Citation Help LibGuide for general information and resources for citing in APA, MLA, or Chicago style. Your professor will specify which citation style you should use.
Organizing Your Research
- Research Project CalculatorThe Research Project Calculator is an online tool that helps you set a schedule for your paper. Enter the day you will start it, the day it's due, and you will get a suggested timeframe for each step. Click on each step (Selecting Your Topic, or Find Articles) and you'll get great tips for using the Binghamton University Libraries to help you write your paper.
- Citation Managers GuideCitation managers help you manage citations and insert bibliographies into your papers. This guide will help you get started with choosing and using the citation manager that works best for you among Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote Basic.
Need to use primary sources?
A Primary source is an original document or object created at the time being studied or by a participant in the events being studied at a later date. It is an original source of information, which allows the researcher to get as close to the historical event or time period as possible.
Primary sources include:
- newspapers
- photographs
- memoirs, autobiographies, diaries
- interviews
- a journal article reporting NEW research or findings
- letters
- manuscripts
- artifacts
- records of organizations and agencies of government
A Secondary source analyzes or interprets historical events, time periods, and primary sources. They are a step removed from what is being studied.
Secondary sources include:
- textbooks
- magazine articles
- histories
- criticisms
- commentaries
- encyclopedias
Special Collections at Binghamton University
- Special Collections, Preservation, and University ArchivesVisit if you are looking for rare books, local historical documents, University archives, or any one of the many unique archival collections housed in Special Collections.