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  2. May 1, 2024 · Primary sources can include: Texts of laws and other original documents. Newspaper reports, by reporters who witnessed an event or who quote people who did. Speeches, diaries, letters and interviews - what the people involved said or wrote. Original research.

    • Lucas Hall
    • Article critiquing the piece of art
    • 2010
    • Book about a specific subject
  3. Apr 16, 2024 · A source that comments on or analyzes something, not written by someone directly involved. For example, a book review - the book is a primary source and the review of the book is a secondary source.

    • Courtney Mlinar
    • 2011
  4. Apr 15, 2024 · Primary sources can be original documents, creative works, published materials of the times, institutional and government documents or relics and artifacts. Secondary sources put primary sources in context. They comment, summarize, interpret or analyze information found in primary sources.

  5. Apr 14, 2024 · Primary sources provide first-hand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation. They are created by witnesses or recorders who experienced the events or conditions being documented.

    • Emily Bell
    • 2013
  6. Apr 30, 2024 · Analysis or interpretation of data. Scholarly or other articles about a topic, especially by people not directly involved. Documentaries. Journal articles that are meta-analyses or systematic reviews. Examples by Discipline. Source: VC/UHV LibGuide "Primary vs. Secondary Sources: Examples." Primary vs. Secondary Sources Video.

    • Katherine Becvar
    • 2017
  7. May 2, 2024 · PRIMARY Sources: First-hand accounts by people who experienced event. A person's account of own feelings, actions, or experiences. Object or document that comes directly from person/place/event researched. SECONDARY Sources: Second-hand accounts by people who did not experience event.

  8. Apr 15, 2024 · The main difference between primary and secondary sources is that primary sources are firsthand accounts or original records of events, while secondary sources are interpretations or analyses of those events by others.

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