primary source: "a first-hand record of an event or topic created by a participant in or a witness to that event or topic. Primary sources can be a document, letter, eye-witness account, diary, article, book, recording, statistical data, manuscript, or art object. Primary sources . . . provide an original source of information about an era or event. Although primary sources can include first-hand accounts that were documented later, such as memoirs or oral histories, primary sources created or written closest to the time of the actual event are considered to be the most useful sources for research purposes"--from the Library of Congress's "Ask a Librarian" blog.
Try searching such key words as these in conjunction with your topic to find primary sources about it:
Searching for "sources" OR "primary sources" relating to specific wars, or conflicts, in Wofford OneSearch & PASCAL Delivers:
Other terms to find primary sources in Wofford OneSearch & PASCAL Delivers:
All of the abovementioned searches also work well in database WorldCat, which enabes you to search the holdings of libraries around the world.
Chinese Civil War
El Salvador Civil War
Iran-Iraq War
Korean War
Persian Gulf War
Six-Day War
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
This website includes links to and information about a number of Afghan resources:
Spanish Civil War
This library guide includes links to additional archives and sources on the Spanish civil war:
Vietnam War
World War I, 1914-1918
World War II, 1939-1945
General Websites
Topically-focused digital collections of historical documents. Collections cover a broad range of topics from the Middle Ages forward-from Witchcraft to World War II to twentieth-century political history.
Digital National Security Archive unlocks a vast trove of important declassified U.S. government documents, providing vital primary source material to advance research in twentieth and twenty-first century history, politics, and international relations.
Fully searchable collection of primary source documents from Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO); covers the 20th century.
Comparative documentation, analysis, and interpretation of major human rights violations and atrocity crimes worldwide. The collection is growing to include 75,000 pages of text and 150 hours of video that give voice to the countless victims of human rights crimes in the 20th and early 21st centuries.