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Primary Sources

This guide will provide more information about finding primary sources appropriate for your discipline and area of research.

Literature

In literature, primary sources are the original texts of an author. This can include novels, short stories, plays, or poems, which are often in a manuscript form. The databases below will help researchers find these types of materials.

For more research assistance, see the English Language and Literature guide.

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