Great resource from NARA’s Pacific Alaska Region
I ran across a reference to this on Twitter and it was new to me so I’m passing it along. Quoting from “AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors“:
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Pacific Alaska Region, in coordination with The Alaska Network for Understanding American History (ANUAH) is offering free online lessons on Archival Research Basics. Each consists of a Powerpoint presentation and other downloadable materials like worksheets, citations, analysis forms, research logs, etc. These can be downloaded directly from this location at no charge.
If you want graduate credit for these lessons, the cost is $90 and you will need to sign up here. The course includes assignments, regular feedback from the archives, and a full day in the Seattle or Anchorage National Archives doing a guided research project.
Thank you to Carol Buswell of the National Archives at Seattle for information on this course.
As I said, this looks like a great basic resource. Here’s a list of the topics it covers:
Lesson 1 – THE RESEARCH PROCESS & NARROWING YOUR TOPIC
Lesson 2 – KNOWING WHERE TO LOOK
Lesson 3 – WHAT ARE PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS & WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THEM?
Lesson 4 – THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES, WHAT AND WHERE?
Lesson 5 – THE BASIC UNIT – NATIONAL ARCHIVES ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS
Lesson 6 – WRITING EFFECTIVE AND ACCURATE PRIMARY SOURCE CITATIONS
Lesson 7 – NARA ONLINE RESOURCES
Lesson 8 – NATIONAL ARCHIVES MICROFORM RECORDS
Lesson 9 – NATIONAL ARCHIVES EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Lesson 10 – TRANSCRIBING HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENTS
National Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Outreach | Kate T. | 
January 23, 2010 7:51 am
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