A Sign of the Times
East African slave market in the port of Zanzibar, engraving from Harper’s
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Research Strategy
This guide is organized to help you in the research process, which usually proceeds from general sources to more specific ones.
STEP 1: Begin with Reference Sources (print and online) for background information
STEP 2: Find Books (overviews and monographs)
STEP 3: Look for articles in Periodicals (magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals)
STEP 4: Search for Primary Sources written at the time of your topic.
