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Where
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| Information is available from various sources and could be broadly classified into primary and secondary sources.types. | |
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Primary
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Original
manuscripts, records, documents, or raw data providing first-hand evidence.
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Examples:
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Newspaper articles written at the time an event occurred; | |
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First-hand accounts, such as interviews, speeches, diaries or memoirs; | |
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Literary works, such as novels, poems or films; | |
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Research data, statistics, or findings from experiments or surveys. | |
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Merits:
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Primary sources let you work directly with the original evidence or facts. | |
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Free from other intermediary opinions, you are least removed from the actual incident being described, or the perspective of the original author. | |
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