Evening IT Help Desk

Evening Help Desk services now available at Daniel Library

As announced by Debbie Fisher: 

"It is my pleasure on behalf of ITS and Daniel Library to announce the staffing of a new satellite ITS Help Desk during weekday evenings at the Reference Desk in Daniel Library.

Students, faculty, and staff may visit Louie Niehrah at this location Monday-Thursday evenings from 5-10:30pm for assistance with general software questions.

A lab assistant is also generally available on the 2nd floor of Bond Hall on Monday-Thursday evenings, Saturday 9am-5pm, and Sunday 2pm-10pm.

(Review special event and holiday closing notices for Daniel Library and ITS Labs/Help Desk locations on the Website.)

Please continue using hotline to report hardware problems or request technical/desktop support."

Primary Sources: How Do I Find Them?

Often your professor will tell you that you need "primary sources" for a particular paper/project. No need to panic. Take a few deep breaths and start looking around the Library's web page.

First, what's the paper for? History?
Check the following databases for full text primary sources such as newspaper accounts of the event(s), and letters and diaries written by people who were present, as well as official accounts:

Accessible Archives

The American Civil War:Letters and Diaries

Proquest Historical Newspapers

African American Studies Center

Also check our catalog for a surprising variety of primary sources. We have the official record of the Civil War, titled The War of the Rebellion; we have the memoirs of many famous and important people (Harry Truman, Jimmy Carter), others not so famous but still important such as Richard Cutler, a counterintelligence officer in World War II and the Cold War; we even have the Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States (partly in paper, partly online). The list is as long as it is amazing. And remember, what we do not have we can almost always can get for you from one of the South Carolina academic libraries through PASCAL Delivers

Is this paper for Political Science? Take a look at:

Congressional Universe

CQ Weekly


Homeland Security Digital Library

In addition to these great resources, we have numerous print (book) resources to help you on your way, such as Politics in America and Almanac of American Politics, and, for your international papers, look at Statesman's Year Book and Foreign Relations of the United States (partly in paper, partly online).

When you have a paper to do and you need primary sources, make the Library's web page your first stop, and you will save yourself time and effort.