| The first step in identifying primary source
material is to read the bibliographies and scan the footnotes
in secondary works on your subject. Read also the preface and
acknowledgments: authors often identify particularly useful works,
libraries, or archives there.
Some of the types of materials you will use as primary sources
are:
1. Newspaper and magazine articles written at
the time of the events.
2. Personal records, memoirs and diary accounts written
by those who witnessed or who participated in the events.
3. Records and publications of governments or governmental
agencies involved in the events.
4. Records of selected organizations.
LOCATING
NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES
MAJOR INDEXES
- Christian
Science Monitor -- Historical
1908-1991
- Provides full text of all articles.
- Foreign
Broadcast Information Service (1975-1996)
- An index to the FBIS Daily Reports which provide translations
and translated transcriptions of foreign press and broadcast
media. The text of the Daily Reports are found in Government
Documents with the following call numbers:
Daily Report. Middle East and North Africa
(1974-1980) Prex 7.10:FBIS-MEA
Daily Report. Middle East and Africa (1980-1987) Prex
7.10:FBIS-MEA
Daily Report. Near East and South Asia (1987-1996) Prex
7.10:FBIS-NES
- Humanities
& Social Sciences Abstracts (1907 to present)
- Coverage includes a wide range of interdisciplinary fields
covered in a broad array of humanities and social sciences
journals. There are some foreign language titles included
prior to 1965; thereafter all titles are in English.
- Jewish Chronicle Index (1841-1925; 1947-1995)
Micfilm 3419
- The Jewish Chronicle is published in London. We have microfilm
for 1841-1950 at Microfilm 3420.
- New
York Times Historical (1851-2001)
- This database both indexes the New York Times and provides
full text of the articles it finds. For articles after 2001use
Lexis-Nexis
Academic.
- PAIS: Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin
(1915-present)
Reference Z7163 . P9
- This index/bibliography lists articles from magazines,
journals and newspapers, books, government documents and
research reports issued by non-governmental organizations,
think-tanks, and international organizations. There is an
online version beginning
with 1971.
- Reader's
Guide Retrospective (1890 to 1982)
- This is the classic index to American general interest
and popular periodicals. It includes magazines covering
all aspects of American life during the near-century that
it covers. The print version picks up after 1982 and is
shelved at Reference AI3 .R48..
- Subject Index to Periodicals (1915-1961)
Reference AI3. S8
- An index to British general interest and popular magazines.
- Times
Digital Archive (1785-1985)
- A full-text, fully searchable version of the Times (London).
Articles are reproduced exactly as they appeared. Search
by keyword, person, photograph or editorials.
- Wall
Street Journal Historical (1885-1985)
- This database both indexes and provides full text of articles.
For the years following 1985 use Factiva.
- Washington
Post Historical (1877- 1988)
- Another full text digital newspaper, fully searchable.
For articles after 1988 use Lexis-Nexis
Academic.
MAJOR
NEWSPAPERS
For a complete list of our newspaper holdings see the Robert
W. Woodruff Library Newspaper List
Jerusalem Post
1950-1988 Micfilm 3532
1988-1996 CD-Rom 152 Beck Center
1989 to present Lexis-Nexis
Academic
Jewish Chronicle (London)
1841-1959 Micfilm 3419
- Kol Israel
- Provides links to the Jerusalem Post, Jerusalem Report, ha-Arets
English edition and other sites. Also has links to Radio Tel-Aviv
and other Israeli radio stations.
New York Times
1851 to present Micfilm 1
1851-1999 New
York Times Historical
1980 to present Lexis-Nexis
Academic
Palestine Bulletin
1925-1932 Micfilm 3532
Palestine Post
1932-1950 Micfilm 3532
Palestine
Post Archive
1932-1950
Sunday Times (London)
1822 to present Micfilm 3422
1985 to present
Lexis-Nexis Academic
Times (London)
1785 to present Micfilm 3 Daily editions
1785-1985 Times
Digital Archive
1985 to present
Lexis-Nexis Academic
Wall Street Journal
1958 to present Micfilm 85
1885 to 1985
Wall Street Journal Historical
1985 to present Factiva
LOCATING
PERSONAL RECORDS AND MEMOIRS
Naturally, you will search for items authored by persons you
know to have been involved in the events under study. Published
memoirs can also be located in Euclid
by browsing on Subject using the following terms:
Israel Biography (this phrase will have subheadings
for profession, age or status)
Israelis
Sabras
If you use the RLIN
Bibliographic File to identify memoirs remember to type in
the subject heading with two dashes between words: Israel--biography.
OFFICIAL
RECORDS AND PUBLICATIONS
GREAT
BRITAIN
Parliamentary Records
and Debates
-
Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) Official
Report, House of Commons (1909 to present)
Government UK J301 .K22
- Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) Official Report, House
of Lords (1909 to present)
Government UK J301 .J22
- The Woodruff Library receives the final bound edition of the
debates for both the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
Each volume has an index of speakers and subjects. From 1830
on, each session is indexed either at the end of the last volume
of the session or in an additional volume. Earlier years of
the debates (1803-1908) are on Micfilm 3332; indexes
for each session are filmed at the beginning of each volume.
- British Parliamentary Papers. House of Commons Sessional
Papers
Microfiche 684 (1731-1955/56)
Microprint 8 (1922-1978)
Microfiche 684 (1979 to present)
- Consisting of Bills, Reports of Committees and Commissions,
and Accounts and Papers, the Sessional Papers cover a wide range
of political, historical and economic information. Included
in the Sessional Papers are the so-called Command Papers which
include government "White" or position papers and significant
Royal Commission reports. Also found in the Command Papers is
the British Treaty Series containing the text of treaties, agreements
and notes exchanged between Britain and various foreign powers.
The Parliamentary Papers for the twentieth century are indexed
by the following:
- Indexes to British Parliamentary Papers
Beck Center CD-ROM 262
- This is the best index to the Sessional Papers for the period
it covers. The "Sessional Index" is based on the indexes
for each session and covers the period 1801-1945 for the House
of Commons and 1801-1922 for the House of Lords. The keyword
capability of the "Sessional Indexes" makes it especially
useful. This CD also includes a "General Subject Index"
covering 1801-1899 for the House of Commons and 1801-1859 for
the House of Lords. There is also an index to personal names.
- General Index to the Bills, Reports, and Papers printed
by order of the House of Commons and to the Reports and Papers
Presented by Command, 1900 to 1948-49 (1960)
Reference J301 .M3 1900-1949
- General Alphabetical Index to the bills, Reports, and papers
Printed by Order of the House of Commons and to the Reports
and papers Presented by Command, 1950-1958-59 (1963)
Reference J301 .M3 1963
- The two titles above are cumulations of the Sessional Indexes
for the periods covered. Arrangement is by subject although
the later index also lists committee chairmen and personal authors.
- British Parliamentary Papers Index (1977 to present)
Non-Web Databases (Information Commons choice No. 2)
Colonial Office Records
- British Colonial Office Palestine Correspondence 1927-1934
Micfilm 1219
- This is Public Record Office record class C.O. 733. Indexed
by British Colonial Office Palestine Original Correspondence,
1927-1930; Guide to the Scholarly Resources Microfilm Edition
of the Public Record Office Collection C.O. 733 (Microguide
Reference DS119.8 .G7 A23) and its companion volume with the
same title covering 1931-1934 (DS119.8 .G7 A24)
- Original Correspondence: Palestine
Micfilm 2085
- This set is comprised of Public Record Office record classes
733 and 793. For C.O. 733 this set covers 1921-1948 with the
exception of the years 1927-1934 covered in the set listed above.
There is no index to this set, however one may refer to List
of Colonial Office Records: Asia (Government UK CD1042 .Ad
G74, no. 16, v.6) for a list of the dates covered by each volume
in the collection. In addition, The Public Record Office online
catalog, Procat,
gives a partial breakdown of the class by subject. At the Procat
home screen type "CO 733" in the "go to reference"
box at the top right hand corner of the page. When the summary
screen appears, click on "Browse the catalogue from here"
in the right hand corner of the page.
C.O. 793 is the Register of Correspondence for Palestine
and covers 1921-1939. It lists, in chronological order, the
subjects of items contained in each file of each volume.
Foreign Office Records
- British Documents on Foreign Affairs: Reports and Documents
from the Foreign Office Confidential Print
- The "Confidential Print" was a means of distributing diplomatic
dispatches and other papers among government offices and agencies.
These documents were generally reports of conditions or other
matters in a country or area that observers, diplomatic, military,
or civilian, thought important. All of these volumes have a
table of contents with two or four word descriptions of the
contents of each document. Relevant volumes are:
Pt. II, Series B: Near and Middle East, 1918-1939
DS63 .2 .G7 B75 1985
Pt. III, Series B: Near and Middle East, 1940-1945
JZ632 .B762 1997
Pt. IV, Series B: Near and Middle East, 1946-1950
JZ632 .B772 1999
- Confidential British Foreign Office Political Correspondence.
Palestine and Transjordan, 1940-1946
Microfilm 4216
- __________. Palestine, 1947-1948
Microfilm 4215
- These two sets reproduce documents from record class
F.O. 371: General Correspondence, Political. The microfilm
has no guide or index but the following title may be used
for general descriptions of the files:
- Public Record Office, London. List of Foreign
Office Records. General Correspondence
(Political).
GovUkFolio CD1042 .A2 G74
- See volumes 18-29 for descriptions of F.O. 371 files from 1940-1948. Palestine is always covered in the section entitled "Eastern."
ISRAEL
- Knesset
- The web site of the Israeli parliament lists members, current
political factions, committees, elections statistics and reproduces
various documents of importance.
- Israel's Foreign Relations:
Selected Documents 18 volumes
- Documents cover 1947-2001 with emphasis on the period 1977-2001.
I cannot find a direct link to the documents so I have sent
you to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website. There, select
Foreign Relations from the list on the left, then select
Historical Documents, then the year(s) in which you
are interested.
LEAGUE
OF NATIONS
- League of Nations Documents: A Descriptive Guide to the
Microfilm Collection 3 volumes
Reference Z6473 .R45
- League of Nations Documents, 1919-1946
Micfilm 1138
- The library has parts 1-22, 30:
[pt. 1] Bibliographic tools. 1 reel.--[pt. 2] Category
IA: Administrative commissions. 14 reels.--[pt. 3] Category
IB: Minorities. 25 reels.--[pt. 4] Category IIA: Financial
questions. 25 reels.--[pt. 5] Category IIB: Economic questions.
16 reels.--[pt. 6] Category III: Health. 10 reels.--[pt. 7]
Category IV: Social questions. 13 reels.--[pt. 8] Category
V: Legal questions. 33 reels.--[pt. 9] Category VIA: Mandates.
18 reels.--[pt. 10] C.P.M. documents. 18 reels.--[pt. 11]
Permanent Mandates Commission minutes and reports. 6 reels.--[pt.
12] Category VIB: Slavery. 3 reels.--[pt. 13] Category VII:
Political questions. 34 reels.--[pt. 14] 19/F/-, 19/6/-, 20/6/
-, series. 1 reel.--[pt. 15] Category VIII: Communications
and transit. 17 reels.--[pt. 16] Category IX: Disarmament.
19 reels.--[pt. 17] Category X: Financial administration.
17 reels.--[pt. 18] Category XI: Traffic in opium and other
dangerous drugs. 33 reels.--[pt. 19] Category XIIA: Intellectual
cooperation. 6 reels.--pt. [20]Category XIIB: International
bureaux. 2 reels.-- [pt. 21] Category XIII: Refugees. 3 reels.--[pt.
22] Category G: General questions. 19 reels.- and [pt. 30]
Reports of the Mandatory Powers to the League. 34 reels.
- League
of Nation Documents Relating to the Palestine Question
- Selected documents run from 1921-1947.
UNITED
NATIONS
The best place to start when using United Nations documents
is the United
Nations Research Guide written by Emory librarian Barb Mann
and from which the following information has been copied:
- Access
UN (1946-present)
- The Readex Index to United Nations Documents & Publications,
provides fast access to current and retrospective United Nations
documents and publications. Articles appearing in UN periodicals
are individually indexed. Indexing of the bilateral and multilateral
treaties in the UN Treaty Series is another unique feature of
the Index.
- UNBISNET
- A "catalogue of United Nations documentation and publications
indexed by the United Nations Dag Hammarskjld Library and the
Library of the UN Office at Geneva. Also included are commercial
publications and other non-United Nations sources held in New
York and Geneva's collections. UNBISnet coverage is primarily
from 1979 onward, however, more and more older documents are
being added to the catalogue on a regular basis...." (UNBISNET
home page)
- UNISPAL:United
Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine
- Gives the full text of General Assembly and Security Council
resolutions concerning Palestine back to 1946. Includes resolutions
of the Economic and Social Council, Commission on Human Rights
and the Commission on the Status of Women. Includes also documents
from the League of Nations and other international organizations,
nongovernmental organizations, and documents issued by individual
contries.
-
- United Nations Databases
- Provides access to online databases that support the areas
of audio-visuals, Economic Commission for Latin America and
the Caribbean, Humanitarian Affairs, Statistics and Indicators,
Treaties, United Nations Document Symbols: Guide, United Nations
Information System on the Question of Palestine, NGO Directories.
- United Nations Documentation
Centre
- Provides full text of selected documents from various UN bodies.
United Nations Official Records
- United Nations General Assembly (GAOR) (1946-present)
UN Official Records
- The "main deliberative body" which currently consists of 185
Member States. Regular sessions are held between mid September
and mid December.
- United Nations Security Council (SCOR) (1946-present)
UN Official Records
- The body responsible for maintaining peace and security. Consists
of 15 members, of which China, France, Russian Federation, United
Kingdom, and United States are permanent members. The other
ten members are elected for two year terms by the General Assembly.
The Security Council is convened at any time in the event of
dispute and decisions made must be carried out by Member States.
- United Nations Economic and Social Council (ESCOR)
(1946-present)
UN Official Records
- Coordinates the economic and social work of the UN and its
specialized agencies and institutions. The Economic and Social
Council works under the authority of the General Assembly, has
54 members, and meets for a one-month period annually.
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD):
Trade and Development Board (TDOR) (1965-1992)
UN Official Records
- The governing board of the United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development (UNCTAD) with a current membership of 144 states.
- United Nations Trusteeship Council (TCOR) (1947-1980)
UN Official Records
- Established to ensure that Governments responsible for administering
Trust Territories take adequate steps to prepare them for self-government
or independence.
- United Nations Treaty Series (1946-present)
United Nations
- Contains "treaties and international agreements filed
or registered with the Secretariat of the United Nations pursuant
to Article 102 of the Charter." See also the United Nations
Treaty Collection database.
UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA
Congressional
Debates and Publications
-
- Congressional Record (1789 to present)
Government Documents-Congressional Record
- The index to proceedings in both the House and Senate are
found in the last volume ( or a separate index volume following
it) for a particular session.
- Lexis-Nexis
Congressional Universe (coverage varies; 1789 to present)
- There are several parts to this database: The CIS Index
indexes and abstracts congressional publications from 1970 to
the present; the Historical Indexes cover 1789-1969 and
index the contents of House and Senate reports, hearings and
committee prints; the Publications section offers indexing
to and full text of the Congressional Record back to
1985 as well as indexing to and full text of committee reports,
prints and House and Senate documents beginning ca. 1993.
Emory has a very complete collection of U.S. government publications.
An excellent introduction to this collections is found in the
Government
Documents General Research Guide.
Department of State Records
- Confidential U.S. Diplomatic Post Records: Middle East,
Jerusalem
Microfilm 1331
- Covers the period 1925-1941. The guide to this set is at Microguide
Reference E183.8 .I7 .C66.
- Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files: Palestine
and Israel: Internal Affairs, 1945-1949 and Foreign Affairs,
1945-1949
Microfilm 1362
- The guide to this set is at Microguide Reference DS126
.G8.
- Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files. Palestine,
United Nations Activities, 1945-1949
Microfilm 1724
- The guide to this collection is at Microguide Reference
DS126.4 .D62.
- Foreign Relations of the United States (1861 to present)
Government Documents S1.1
- An invaluable source of documents concerning U.S. relations
with foreign countries. Selected
volumes from 1945-1972 are available at the State Department
web site. Other
selected volumes from 1863-1955 are available at the University
of Wisconsin web site.
-
The Palestine Mandate: Collected U.S. Documents relating
to the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine (1977)
Stacks D651 .P3 U55 1977
- A number of documents from the period 1920-1924.
- Records of the Department of State Relating to the Internal
Affairs of Palestine, 1930-1944
Microfilm 1517
- Records of the Department of State Relating to the Internal
Affairs of Turkey, 1910-1929
Microfilm 1518
- Palestine was a part of the Turkish Empire until 1917. The
bulk of the material relating to Palestine in this collection
is found on reels 79-88. Refer to the guide shelved at Microguide
Reference DR577 .U5.
- Records of the United States Consulate in Jerusalem, Palestine:
Confidential Correspondence, 1920-1935
Microfilm 1640
RECORDS
OF SELECTED ORGANIZATIONS
- World Zionist Organization. Central Zionist Archives. Political
and Diplomatic Documents, December, 1947-May, 1948.
2 volumes (1979)
Stacks DS126.4 .I68 1979
- Contains documents relating to the policy of the Jewish Agency
Executive and Politcal Deparatments.
- Political Documents of the Jewish Agency.
2 volumes (1996-1998)
Stacks DS126.4 .J48 1996
- Covers the period from May, 1945 to November, 1947.
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