To locate memoirs, letters, interviews, diaries, etc.
Searching ANTPAC by subject headings and genre terms often results in a more focused list of relevant materials than you might retrieve by a keyword search. Subject headings are controlled terms that the Library of Congress uses and many other libraries follow. There are also standardized subdivisions or subheadings for those subject headings that are useful for searching for primary sources. Genre terms are used to describe categories of materials often found in general rare book libraries or special collections.
Some examples of particular subdivisions and genre terms that will lead you to primary sources are:
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Here are some examples of subject headings, using both subdivisions and genre terms:
| Topical: | Women - Social conditions |
| Geographical: | Women - California - Los Angeles |
| Architectural photographs – California – Orange County | |
| English-only Movement – California – Case Studies | |
| German Americans – California – Orange County – Biography | |
| Chronological: | Women - Social conditions - 19th century |
| United States – Social Conditions – To 1865 | |
| Form: | Women - Social conditions - Bibliography |
| Surfing – California - Orange County – Biography | |
| Refugees – Southeast Asia – Archives | |
| Prisoners – California – Personal Narratives | |
| Mexican Americans – History – Sources | |
| Oral Histories – California – Orange County – 20th century | |
| Overland Journals – 19th Century | |
| Letters – 19th Century | |
| Gehry, Frank O., 1929- Interviews | |
| Japanese Americans – Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945 – Sources |
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