LibGuides: Policy: Primary Sources

Primary Sources

COM Library has some great collections of primary sources. Primary sources are records created at the time of an event or experience, or as told by people who were present at the event. Must access on campus or login with your COM account for off campus access.

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Documents Decoded: Church and State This thoroughly annotated document collection gives students and researchers an authoritative source for understanding the evolving political and legal relationship between church and state from colonial times to the present day. Presents a balanced, fact-based examination of the myths and facts regarding church-state relations in the United States; Provides students and other readers with a one-stop collection of pertinent documents and court cases, the understanding of which is greatly enhanced by extensive but accessible annotations; Offers an extensive bibliography of books, periodicals, films, media, and websites.
Essential Primary Sources: Government, Politics, and Protest These volumes of primary source documents focus on leading social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. International in scope, each title is devoted to one topic: Crime and Punishment, Environmental Issues, Family in Society, Gender Issues and Sexuality Government, Politics and Protest, Human and Civil Rights, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Medicine, Bioethics, and Health Social, Policy, Terrorism. Each title contains approximately 175 full or excerpted documents---speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art---as well as overview information that places each document in context. Entries are organized into chapters that feature a general overview of the chapter's subtopic.
Essential Primary Sources: Human and Civil Rights These volumes of primary source documents focus on leading social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. International in scope, each title is devoted to one topic: Crime and Punishment, Environmental Issues, Family in Society, Gender Issues and Sexuality Government, Politics and Protest, Human and Civil Rights, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Medicine, Bioethics, and Health Social, Policy, Terrorism. Each title contains approximately 175 full or excerpted documents---speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art---as well as overview information that places each document in context. Entries are organized into chapters that feature a general overview of the chapter's subtopic.