Library catalogues identify some primary sources with the following genre terms.
- Biography
Include this term in searches to retrieve works of individual or collective biography.
Example: Ethnologists--British Columbia--Biography
- Census
Include this term in searches to retrieve official population counts of a place or ethnic group.
Example: Indigenous peoples--Canada--Census
- Correspondence
Include this term in searches to retrieve correspondence to or from a person.)
Example: Immigrants--British Columbia--Correspondence
- Diaries
Include this term in searches to retrieve personal diaries.
Example: Vancouver, George, 1757-1798--Diaries
- Interviews
Include this term in searches to retrieve recordings or transcripts of interviews.
Example: Philosophers--Interviews
- Maps
Include this term in searches to retrieve maps of a place.
Example: Social indicators--Canada--Statistics--Maps
- Personal narratives
Include this term in searches to retrieve personal accounts of events.)
Example: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives
- Remote-sensing images
Include this term in searches to retrieve remote-sensing images of a place.)
Example: Phytogeography--North America--Remote-sensing images
- Sources
Include this term in searches to retrieve collections of source materials on historical topics.
Example: British Columbia--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century--Sources
- Statistics
Include this term in searches to retrieve statistics about a topic.
Example: Automobiles--Registration and transfer--Canada--Statistics