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This wall painting found in the Roman city of Pompeii is an example of a primary source about people in Pompeii in Roman times. (Portrait of Paquius Proculo) Primary source From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Primary sources are original materials that have not been altered or distorted in any way. [1] Information for which the writer has no personal knowledge is not primary, although it may be used by historians in the absence of a primary source. In the study of history as an academic discipline, a primary source (also called original source or evidence) is an artifact, a document, a recording, or other source of information that was created at the time under study. It serves as an original source of information about the topic. Similar definitions are used in library science, and other areas of scholarship, although different fields have somewhat different definitions. [2] In journalism, a primary source can be a person with direct knowledge of a situation, or a document written by such a person. Primary sources are distinguished from secondary sources, which cite, comment on, or build upon primary sources. Generally, accounts written after the fact with the benefit of hindsight are secondary. [3] A secondary source may also be a primary source depending on how it is used. [4] For example a memoir would be considered a primary source in research concerning its author or about his or her friends characterized within it, but the same memoir would be a secondary source if it were used to examine the culture in which its author lived. [5] "Primary" and "secondary" should be understood as relative terms, with sources categorized according to specific historical contexts and what is being studied. [6]:118–246[7] Contents 1 The significance of source classification 1.1 History and historiography 1.2 Other fields 2 Finding primary sources 3 Using primary sources 4 Strengths and weaknesses of primary sources 5 Classifying sources 6 Forgeries 7 See also 8 References 9 External links The significance of source classification

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  • 7/13/2015 PrimarysourceWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_source 1/9

    ThiswallpaintingfoundintheRomancityofPompeiiisanexampleofaprimarysourceaboutpeopleinPompeiiinRomantimes.(PortraitofPaquiusProculo)

    PrimarysourceFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

    Primarysourcesareoriginalmaterialsthathavenotbeenalteredordistortedinanyway.[1]Informationforwhichthewriterhasnopersonalknowledgeisnotprimary,althoughitmaybeusedbyhistoriansintheabsenceofaprimarysource.Inthestudyofhistoryasanacademicdiscipline,aprimarysource(alsocalledoriginalsourceorevidence)isanartifact,adocument,arecording,orothersourceofinformationthatwascreatedatthetimeunderstudy.Itservesasanoriginalsourceofinformationaboutthetopic.Similardefinitionsareusedinlibraryscience,andotherareasofscholarship,althoughdifferentfieldshavesomewhatdifferentdefinitions.[2]Injournalism,aprimarysourcecanbeapersonwithdirectknowledgeofasituation,oradocumentwrittenbysuchaperson.

    Primarysourcesaredistinguishedfromsecondarysources,whichcite,commenton,orbuilduponprimarysources.Generally,accountswrittenafterthefactwiththebenefitofhindsightaresecondary.[3]Asecondarysourcemayalsobeaprimarysourcedependingonhowitisused.[4]Forexampleamemoirwouldbeconsideredaprimarysourceinresearchconcerningitsauthororabouthisorherfriendscharacterizedwithinit,butthesamememoirwouldbeasecondarysourceifitwereusedtoexaminethecultureinwhichitsauthorlived.[5]"Primary"and"secondary"shouldbeunderstoodasrelativeterms,withsourcescategorizedaccordingtospecifichistoricalcontextsandwhatisbeingstudied.[6]:118246[7]

    Contents

    1Thesignificanceofsourceclassification1.1Historyandhistoriography1.2Otherfields

    2Findingprimarysources3Usingprimarysources4Strengthsandweaknessesofprimarysources5Classifyingsources6Forgeries7Seealso8References9Externallinks

    Thesignificanceofsourceclassification

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    FromaletterofPhilipII,KingofSpain,16thcentury

    Historyandhistoriography

    Inscholarlywriting,animportantobjectiveofclassifyingsourcesistodeterminetheirindependenceandreliability.[7]Incontextssuchashistoricalwriting,itisalmostalwaysadvisabletouseprimarysourcesandthat"ifnoneareavailable,itisonlywithgreatcautionthat[theauthor]mayproceedtomakeuseofsecondarysources."[8]Sreedharanbelievesthatprimarysourceshavethemostdirectconnectiontothepastandthatthey"speakforthemselves"inwaysthatcannotbecapturedthroughthefilterofsecondarysources.[9]

    Otherfields

    Inscholarlywriting,theobjectiveofclassifyingsourcesistodeterminetheindependenceandreliabilityofsources.[7]Thoughthetermsprimarysourceandsecondarysourceoriginatedinhistoriographyasawaytotracethehistoryofhistoricalideas,theyhavebeenappliedtomanyotherfields.Forexample,theseideasmaybeusedtotracethehistoryofscientifictheories,literaryelementsandotherinformationthatispassedfromoneauthortoanother.

    Inscientificliterature,aprimarysourceistheoriginalpublicationofascientist'snewdata,resultsandtheories.Inpoliticalhistory,primarysourcesaredocumentssuchasofficialreports,speeches,pamphlets,posters,orlettersbyparticipants,officialelectionreturnsandeyewitnessaccounts.Inthehistoryofideasorintellectualhistory,themainprimarysourcesarebooks,essaysandletterswrittenbyintellectualstheseintellectualsmayincludehistorians,whosebooksandessaysarethereforeconsideredprimarysourcesfortheintellectualhistorian,thoughtheyaresecondarysourcesintheirowntopicalfields.Inreligioushistory,theprimarysourcesarereligioustextsanddescriptionsofreligiousceremoniesandrituals.[10]

    Astudyofculturalhistorycouldincludefictionalsourcessuchasnovelsorplays.Inabroadersenseprimarysourcesalsoincludeartifactslikephotographs,newsreels,coins,paintingsorbuildingscreatedatthetime.Historiansmayalsotakearchaeologicalartifactsandoralreportsandinterviewsintoconsideration.Writtensourcesmaybedividedintothreetypes.[11]

    Narrativesourcesorliterarysourcestellastoryormessage.Theyarenotlimitedtofictionalsources(whichcanbesourcesofinformationforcontemporaryattitudes)butincludediaries,films,biographies,leadingphilosophicalworksandscientificworks.Diplomaticsourcesincludechartersandotherlegaldocumentswhichusuallyfollowasetformat.Socialdocumentsarerecordscreatedbyorganizations,suchasregistersofbirthsandtaxrecords.

    Inhistoriography,whenthestudyofhistoryissubjecttohistoricalscrutiny,asecondarysourcebecomesaprimarysource.Forabiographyofahistorian,thathistorian'spublicationswouldbeprimarysources.Documentaryfilmscanbeconsideredasecondarysourceorprimarysource,dependingonhowmuchthefilmmakermodifiestheoriginalsources.[12]

    TheLafayetteCollegeLibrary,providesasynopsisofprimarysourcesinseveralareasofstudy:

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    "Thedefinitionofaprimarysourcevariesdependingupontheacademicdisciplineandthecontextinwhichitisused.

    Inthehumanities,aprimarysourcecouldbedefinedassomethingthatwascreatedeitherduringthetimeperiodbeingstudiedorafterwardbyindividualsreflectingontheirinvolvementintheeventsofthattime.Inthesocialsciences,thedefinitionofaprimarysourcewouldbeexpandedtoincludenumericaldatathathasbeengatheredtoanalyzerelationshipsbetweenpeople,events,andtheirenvironment.Inthenaturalsciences,aprimarysourcecouldbedefinedasareportoforiginalfindingsorideas.Thesesourcesoftenappearintheformofresearcharticleswithsectionsonmethodsandresults."[13]

    Findingprimarysources

    Althoughmanydocumentsthatareprimarysourcesremaininprivatehands,theusuallocationforthemisanarchive.Thesecanbepublicorprivate.Documentsrelatingtooneareaareusuallyspreadoveralargenumberofdifferentarchives.Thesecanbedistantfromtheoriginalsourceofthedocument.Forexample,theHuntingtonLibraryinCaliforniahousesalargenumberofdocumentsfromtheUnitedKingdom.

    IntheUS,digitalcopiesofprimarysourcescanberetrievedfromanumberofplaces.TheLibraryofCongressmaintainsseveralonlineDigitalCollectionswheretheycanberetrieved.ExamplesoftheseareAmericanMemory(http://www.memory.loc.gov)andthePrintsandPhotographsOnlineCatalog(PPOC)(http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html).TheNationalArchivesandRecordsAdministrationalsohassuchatool,calledAccesstoArchivalDatabases(AAD)(http://aad.archives.gov/aad/).

    IntheUK,theNationalArchivesprovidesaconsolidatedsearchofitsowncatalogueandawidevarietyofotherarchiveslistedontheAccesstoArchivesindex.DigitalcopiesofvariousclassesofdocumentsattheNationalArchives(includingwills)areavailablefromDocumentsOnline.MostoftheavailabledocumentsrelatetoEnglandandWales.SomedigitalcopiesofprimarysourcesareavailablefromtheNationalArchivesofScotland.ManyCountyRecordOfficescollectionsareincludedinAccesstoArchives,whileothershavetheirownonlinecatalogues.ManyCountyRecordOfficeswillsupplydigitalcopiesofdocuments.

    Usingprimarysources

    Historyasanacademicdisciplineisbasedonprimarysources,asevaluatedbythecommunityofscholars,whoreporttheirfindingsinbooks,articlesandpapers.ArthurMarwicksays"Primarysourcesareabsolutelyfundamentaltohistory."[14]Ideally,ahistorianwilluseallavailableprimarysourcesthatwerecreatedbythepeopleinvolvedatthetimebeingstudied.Inpracticesomesourceshavebeendestroyed,whileothersarenotavailableforresearch.Perhapstheonlyeyewitnessreportsofaneventmaybememoirs,autobiographies,ororalinterviewstakenyearslater.Sometimestheonlyevidencerelatingtoaneventorpersoninthedistantpastwaswrittenorcopieddecadesorcenturieslater.Manuscriptsthataresourcesforclassicaltextscanbecopiesofdocuments,orfragmentsofcopiesofdocuments.Thisisa

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    commonprobleminclassicalstudies,wheresometimesonlyasummaryofabookorletterhassurvived.Potentialdifficultieswithprimarysourceshavetheresultthathistoryisusuallytaughtinschoolsusingsecondarysources.

    Historiansstudyingthemodernperiodwiththeintentionofpublishinganacademicarticleprefertogobacktoavailableprimarysourcesandtoseeknew(inotherwords,forgottenorlost)ones.Primarysources,whetheraccurateornot,offernewinputintohistoricalquestionsandmostmodernhistoryrevolvesaroundheavyuseofarchivesandspecialcollectionsforthepurposeoffindingusefulprimarysources.Aworkonhistoryisnotlikelytobetakenseriouslyasscholarshipifitonlycitessecondarysources,asitdoesnotindicatethatoriginalresearchhasbeendone.[6]

    However,primarysourcesparticularlythosefrombeforethe20thcenturymayhavehiddenchallenges."Primarysources,infact,areusuallyfragmentary,ambiguousandverydifficulttoanalyseandinterpret."[14]Obsoletemeaningsoffamiliarwordsandsocialcontextareamongthetrapsthatawaitthenewcomertohistoricalstudies.Forthisreason,theinterpretationofprimarytextsistypicallytaughtaspartofanadvancedcollegeorpostgraduatehistorycourse,althoughadvancedselfstudyorinformaltrainingisalsopossible.

    Thefollowingquestionsareaskedaboutprimarysources:

    Whatisthetone?Whoistheintendedaudience?Whatisthepurposeofthepublication?Whatassumptionsdoestheauthormake?Whatarethebasesoftheauthor'sconclusions?Doestheauthoragreeordisagreewithotherauthorsofthesubject?Doesthecontentagreewithwhatyouknoworhavelearnedabouttheissue?Wherewasthesourcemade?(questionsofsystemicbias)

    Strengthsandweaknessesofprimarysources

    Inmanyfieldsandcontexts,suchashistoricalwriting,itisalmostalwaysadvisabletouseprimarysourcesifpossible,andthat"ifnoneareavailable,itisonlywithgreatcautionthat[theauthor]mayproceedtomakeuseofsecondarysources."[8]Inaddition,primarysourcesavoidtheprobleminherentinsecondarysources,whereeachnewauthormaydistortandputtheirownspinonthefindingsofpriorcitedauthors.[15]However,aprimarysourceisnotnecessarilymoreofanauthorityorbetterthanasecondarysource.Therecanbebiasandothertacticusedtotwisthistoricalinformation.

    "Originalmaterialmaybe...prejudiced,oratleastnotexactlywhatitclaimstobe."

    DavidIredale[16]

    Theseerrorsmaybecorrectedinsecondarysources,whichareoftensubjectedtopeerreview,canbewelldocumented,andareoftenwrittenbyhistoriansworkingininstitutionswheremethodologicalaccuracyisimportanttothefutureoftheauthor'scareerandreputation.Historiansconsidertheaccuracyandobjectivenessoftheprimarysourcestheyareusingandhistorianssubjectbothprimaryandsecondary

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    sourcestoahighlevelofscrutiny.Aprimarysourcesuchasajournalentry(ortheonlineversion,ablog),atbest,mayonlyreflectoneindividual'sopiniononevents,whichmayormaynotbetruthful,accurate,orcomplete.

    Participantsandeyewitnessesmaymisunderstandeventsordistorttheirreports(deliberatelyorunconsciously)toenhancetheirownimageorimportance.Sucheffectscanincreaseovertime,aspeoplecreateanarrativethatmaynotbeaccurate.[17]Foranysource,primaryorsecondary,itisimportantfortheresearchertoevaluatetheamountanddirectionofbias.[18]Asanexample,agovernmentreportmaybeanaccurateandunbiaseddescriptionofevents,butitcanbecensoredoralteredforpropagandaorcoveruppurposes.Thefactscanbedistortedtopresenttheopposingsidesinanegativelight.Barristersaretaughtthatevidenceinacourtcasemaybetruthful,butitmaybedistortedtosupport(oroppose)thepositionofoneoftheparties.

    Classifyingsources

    Manysourcescanbeconsideredeitherprimaryorsecondary,dependingonthecontextinwhichtheyareexamined.[7]Moreover,thedistinctionbetweenprimaryandsecondarysourcesissubjectiveandcontextual,[19]sothatprecisedefinitionsaredifficulttomake.[20]Abookreview,whenitcontainstheopinionoftherevieweraboutthebookratherthanasummaryofthebook,becomesaprimarysource.[21][22]

    Ifahistoricaltextdiscussesolddocumentstoderiveanewhistoricalconclusion,itisconsideredtobeaprimarysourceforthenewconclusion.Examplesinwhichasourcecanbebothprimaryandsecondaryincludeanobituary[23]orasurveyofseveralvolumesofajournalcountingthefrequencyofarticlesonacertaintopic.[23]

    Whetherasourceisregardedasprimaryorsecondaryinagivencontextmaychange,dependinguponthepresentstateofknowledgewithinthefield.[24]Forexample,ifadocumentreferstothecontentsofapreviousbutundiscoveredletter,thatdocumentmaybeconsidered"primary",sinceitistheclosestknownthingtoanoriginalsourcebutiftheletterislaterfound,itmaythenbeconsidered"secondary"[25]

    Insomeinstances,thereasonforidentifyingatextasthe"primarysource"maydevolvefromthefactthatnocopyoftheoriginalsourcematerialexists,orthatitistheoldestextantsourcefortheinformationcited.[26]

    Forgeries

    Historiansmustoccasionallycontendwithforgeddocumentsthatpurporttobeprimarysources.Theseforgerieshaveusuallybeenconstructedwithafraudulentpurpose,suchaspromulgatinglegalrights,supportingfalsepedigrees,orpromotingparticularinterpretationsofhistoricevents.Theinvestigationofdocumentstodeterminetheirauthenticityisdiplomatics.

    Forcenturies,PopesusedtheforgedDonationofConstantinetobolsterthePapacy'ssecularpower.AmongtheearliestforgeriesarefalseAngloSaxoncharters,anumberof11thand12thcenturyforgeriesproducedbymonasteriesandabbeystosupportaclaimtolandwheretheoriginaldocumenthadbeenlostorneverexisted.OneparticularlyunusualforgeryofaprimarysourcewasperpetratedbySirEdwardDering,who

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    placedfalsemonumentalbrassesinaparishchurch.[27]In1986,HughTrevorRoper"authenticated"theHitlerDiaries,whichwerelaterprovedtobeforgeries.Recently,forgeddocumentshavebeenplacedwithintheUKNationalArchivesinthehopeofestablishingafalseprovenance.[28][29]However,historiansdealingwithrecentcenturiesrarelyencounterforgeriesofanyimportance.[6]:2225

    Seealso

    ArchivalresearchHistoriographySourcecriticismSourceliteratureSourcetextHistoricaldocument

    SecondarysourceTertiarysourceOriginalresearchUNISISTmodelScientificjournalismScholarlymethod

    References1. "Primarysources(http://libguides.jcu.edu.au/primary)".JamesCookUniversity.2. "PrimaryvsSecondary"(http://www.lib.odu.edu/genedinfolit/1infobasics/primary_vs_secondary.html).Old

    DominionUniversityLibraries.September2012.Retrieved20June2013.3. "Primary,secondaryandtertiarysources(http://www.lib.umd.edu/ues/guides/primarysources)".University

    Libraries,UniversityofMaryland.(accessed16Jul2013)4. "Primaryandsecondarysources(http://www.ithacalibrary.com/sp/subjects/primary)".IthacaCollegeLibrary.5. Lamb,David."FindingandUsingSources:ABriefGuide(http://www.academicwritingtutor.com/findingusing

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    id=d2zy_QSq2b0C&pg=PA121&lpg=PA121&dq=%22secondary+source%22+historiography).CambridgeUniversityPress.p.121.ISBN0521389216."[T]hedistinctionisnotasharpone.Sinceasourceisonlyasourceinaspecifichistoricalcontext,thesamesourceobjectcanbebothaprimaryorsecondarysourceaccordingtowhatitisusedfor."

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    9. Sreedharan,E.(2004).ATextbookofHistoriography,500B.C.toA.D.2000(http://books.google.com/books?id=AIGq85RVvdoC&pg=PA302&dq=historiography+%22primary+source%22+%22secondary+source%22).OrientLongman.p.302.ISBN8125026576."itisthroughtheprimarysourcesthatthepastindisputablyimposesitsrealityonthehistorian.Thatthisimpositionisbasicinanyunderstandingofthepastisclearfromtherulesthatdocumentsshouldnotbealtered,orthatanymaterialdamagingtoahistorian'sargumentorpurposeshouldnotbeleftoutorsuppressed.Theserulesmeanthatthesourcesorthetextsofthepasthaveanintegrityandthattheydoindeed'speakforthemselves',andthattheyarenecessaryconstraintsthroughwhichpastrealityimposesitselfonthehistorian."

    10. "PrimarySourcesReligion"(http://researchguides.library.tufts.edu/content.php?pid=60919&sid=447878).ResearchGuidesatTuftsUniversity.26August2014.Retrieved15January2014.

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    12. Cripps,Thomas(1995)."HistoricalTruth:AnInterviewwithKenBurns".AmericanHistoricalReview(TheAmericanHistoricalReview,Vol.100,No.3)100(3):741764.doi:10.2307/2168603(https://dx.doi.org/10.2307%2F2168603).JSTOR2168603(https://www.jstor.org/stable/2168603).

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    Benjamin,JulesR(2004).AStudent'sGuidetoHistory.Boston:Bedford/St.Martin's.ISBN0312403569Craver,KathleenW(1999).UsingInternetPrimarySourcestoTeachCriticalThinkingSkillsinHistory.Westwood,CT:GreenwoodPress.ISBN0313307490

    13. "PrimarySources:whatarethey?"(http://library.lafayette.edu/help/primary/definitions).LafayetteCollegeLibrary.

    14. Marwick,Arthur."PrimarySources:HandlewithCare".InSourcesandMethodsforFamilyandCommunityHistorians:AHandbookeditedbyMichaelDrakeandRuthFinnegan.Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,1997.ISBN052146580X

    15. Ross,JeffreyIan(2004)."TakingStockofResearchMethodsandAnalysisonOppositionalPoliticalTerrorism".TheAmericanSociologist35(2):2637.doi:10.1007/BF02692395(https://dx.doi.org/10.1007%2FBF02692395)."Theanalysisofsecondarysourceinformationisproblematic.Thefurtheraninvestigatorisfromtheprimarysource,themoredistortedtheinformationmaybe.Again,eachnewpersonmayputhisorherspinonthefindings."

    16. Iredale,David(1973).Enjoyingarchives:whattheyare,wheretofindthem,howtousethem.NewtonAbbot,DavidandCharles,.ISBN0715356690.

    17. BarbaraW.SommerandMaryKayQuinlan,TheOralHistoryManual(2002)18. LibraryofCongress,"AnalysisofPrimarySources"online2007

    (http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/psources/analyze.html)19. Dalton&Charnigo2004,p.419n.18.20. Delgadillo,RobertoLynch,Beverly(1999)."FutureHistorians:TheirQuestforInformation"

    (http://crl.acrl.org/content/60/3/245.full.pdf+html)(PDF).College&ResearchLibraries:245259,at253."[T]hesamedocumentcanbeaprimaryorasecondarysourcedependingontheparticularanalysisthehistorianisdoing."

    21. Princeton(2011)."Bookreviews"(http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=book%20review).Scholarlydefinitiondocument.Princeton.Retrieved22September2011.

    22. VirginiaPolytechnicInstituteandStateUniversity(2011)."Bookreviews"(http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/byformat/bookreviews.html).Scholarlydefinitiondocument.VirginiaPolytechnicInstituteandStateUniversity.Retrieved22September2011.

    23. Duffin,Jacalyn(1999).HistoryofMedicine:AScandalouslyShortIntroduction(http://books.google.com/?id=__oDQ6yDO7kC&pg=PA366&dq=%22secondary+source%22+historiography).UniversityofTorontoPress.p.366.ISBN0802079121.

    24. Henige,David(1986)."PrimarySourcebyPrimarySource?OntheRoleofEpidemicsinNewWorldDepopulation".Ethnohistory(Ethnohistory,Vol.33,No.3)33(3):292312,at292.doi:10.2307/481816(https://dx.doi.org/10.2307%2F481816).JSTOR481816(https://www.jstor.org/stable/481816)."[T]heterm'primary'inevitablycarriesarelativemeaninginsofarasitdefinesthosepiecesofinformationthatstandinclosestrelationshiptoaneventorprocessinthepresentstateofourknowledge.Indeed,inmostinstancestheverynatureofaprimarysourcetellsusthatitisactuallyderivative.[H]istorianshavenochoicebuttoregardcertainoftheavailablesourcesas'primary'sincetheyareasneartotrulyoriginalsourcesastheycannowsecure"

    25. Henige1986,p.292.26. Ambraseys,NicholasMelville,CharlesPeterAdams,RobinDartrey(1994).TheSeismicityofEgypt,Arabia,

    andtheRedSea(http://books.google.com/?id=dtVqdSKnBq4C&pg=PA7&dq=historiography+%22primary+source%22+%22secondary+source%22).CambridgeUniversityPress.p.7.ISBN0521391202."Thesamechroniclecanbeaprimarysourcefortheperiodcontemporarywiththeauthor,asecondarysourceforearliermaterialderivedfrompreviousworks,butalsoaprimarysourcewhentheseearlierworkshavenotsurvived"

    27. EveryonehasRoots:AnIntroductiontoEnglishGenealogybyAnthonyJ.Camp,publishedbyGenealogicalPub.Co.,1978

    28. "IntroductiontorecordclassR4"(http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16525).TheNationalArchives.Retrieved8March2015.

    29. Leppard,David(4May2008)."ForgeriesrevealedintheNationalArchivesTimesOnline"(http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3867853.ece).TheSundayTimes.Retrieved4July2011.

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    WoodGray(1991)[1964].Historian'sHandbook:AKeytotheStudyandWritingofHistory.2nded.WavelandPress1991.ISBN9780881336269.Marius,RichardPage,MelvinEugene(2005).Ashortguidetowritingabouthistory.NewYork:PearsonLongman.ISBN9780321227164.SebastianOldenJrgensen(2005).Tilkilderne!:introduktiontilhistoriskkildekritik(inDanish).[Tothesources:Introductiontohistoricalsourcecriticism].Kbenhavn:GadsForlag.ISBN9788712037781.

    ExternallinksPrimarysourcesrepositories

    PrimarySourcesfromWorldWarOneandTwo:Warletters.com(http://www.warletters.com)DatabaseofmailedletterstoandfromsoldiersduringmajorworldconflictsfromtheNapoleonicWarstoWorldWarTwo.Fold3.comOver60,000,000PrimarySourceDocuments(http://www.fold3.com/page/110676809_primary_source_documents/)createdbyAncestry.comAlistingofover5000websites(http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/specialcollections/other.html)describingholdingsofmanuscripts,archives,rarebooks,historicalphotographs,andotherprimarysourcesfromtheUniversityofIdaho.Findprimarysources(http://www.archivegrid.org)inthecollectionsofmajorresearchlibrariesusingArchiveGridShapellManuscriptFoundation(http://www.shapell.org/)DigitalizedPrimarySourcesandHistoricalArtifactsfrom1786presentSacredTexts.com(http://www.sacredtexts.com/)AcollectionofreligioustextsandbooksfromtheInternetSacredTextArchive

    Allsourcesrepositories

    WikisourceTheFreeLibrarytheWikimediaprojectthatcollects,edits,andcatalogsallsourcetexts

    Essaysanddescriptionsofprimary,secondaryandothersources

    "ResearchUsingPrimarySources"(http://www.lib.umd.edu/special/research/)fromtheUniversityofMarylandLibraries(accessed16Jul2013)"Howtodistinguishbetweenprimaryandsecondarysources"(http://guides.library.ucsc.edu/primarysecondary)fromtheUniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruzLibraryJoanofArc:PrimarySourcesSeries(http://primarysourcesseries.joanofarcstudies.org/)ExampleofapublicationfocusingonprimarysourcedocumentstheHistoricalAssociationofJoanofArcStudiesFindinghistoricalprimarysources(http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/alacarte/subjectguide/163FindingHistoricalPrimarySources)fromtheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeleylibrary"Primaryversussecondarysources"(http://libguides.bgsu.edu/content.php?pid=20573&sid=145214)fromtheBowlingGreenStateUniversitylibraryFindingprimarysourcesinworldhistory(http://chnm.gmu.edu/worldhistorysources/whmfinding.php)fromtheCenterforHistoryandNewMedia,GeorgeMasonUniversityGuidetoTerminology(http://archivopedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=Terms)usedwhendescribingarchivalandotherprimarysourcematerialsonArchivopediaThehistorysite.org(http://www.thehistorysite.org)Linkstomanyonlinehistoryarchivalsources.

    Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Primary_source&oldid=664859742"

    Categories: Primarysources Primaryhistoricalworks Sourcesbytype HistoriographyInformationscience Libraryscience

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