HISTORY RESEARCH PAPER

Running head: SOURCES PAPER Kshetri 1

SOURCES PAPER Kshetri 2

Roshani Kshetri

Hist. 1302

Prof. Joe McCambridge

7 November 2018

Progressive Era Policies

Source Citation

PRIMARY SOURCES The Fed. "The Fed - Federal Reserve Act." n.d. <Retrieved from https://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/fract.htm>. The source is a Federal Reserve act giving primary information on the Act and its application. It contains information from the firsthand drafting of the Act. I would use this source in my paper Government documents and information. "United Nation: League of Nations." n.d. <https://guides.library.yale.edu/govdocs/unitednations/leagueofnations>. The source is a primary source containing original United Nations legislation. It has drafts of the first person information on the legislation from the organization itself. I would use this source in my work.

SECONDARY SOURCES Bryan, D. "Teddy Roosevelt and the Coal Strike of 1902: A New Era in Labor and Government. American History USA." 2015. < https://www.americanhistoryusa.com/teddy-roosevelt-coal-strike-of-1902/>. The source contains reported information. The author collected information from primary sources and presented it as a secondary source. I would use this source in my paper. Grossman, J. "The Coal Strike of 1902: Turning Point in U.S. Policy. U.S. Department of Labor." n.d. <https://www.dol.gov/general/aboutdol/history/coalstrike>. The author uses reported information on the strike and gives a good second-person account of the strike. The article has reliable information but it is not primary information. I would use this source in my paper. History. "Panama Canal-Facts and Summary." n.d. <https://www.history.com/topics/landmarks/panama-canal >. The source has information drawn from a range of sources both primary and secondary. The information is reliable although there are sources that are more reliable. I would not use this source in my paper. Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room. "Topics in Chronicling America - Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906." 2013. <https://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/purefood.html >. This is a lower level secondary source because it is giving news. It has information collected from primary sources but being a newspaper, it is not very verifiable. I would not use this source in my paper. Christopher Newport University. "Primary Sources: The 1910's: Panama Canal." n.d. <https://cnu.libguides.com/the1910s/panamacanal>. This is an institutional research secondary source. It has information that is trustworthy and peer reviewed which is drawn from trusted sources. I would use this source in my paper.

TERTIARY SOURCES Investopedia. "1913 Federal Reserve Act – Investopedia." n.d. <https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/1913-federal-reserve-act.asp>. This source gives more information on the Federal Reserve Act. It helps in gathering more data on the Act and leads to better primary data on the Act Wikipedia. "League of Nations –Wikipedia." n.d. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations>. It gives more information on the League of Nations. It leads to better understanding of the organization and can lead to further primary research on it. Wikipedia. "Pure Food and Drug Act – Wikipedia." n.d. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Food_and_Drug_Act >. It gives reliable information on the Act. It leads to reading and understanding the Act better through primary information.