This guide is designed to assist you in locating resources related to your course. It includes information on finding journal articles, relevant databases and primary source material. We are here to support you on your academic journey, so please don't hesitate to reach out to the library. You can find contact information and a link to book a research consultation with the Humanities Librarian below.
Primary sources are "materials produced by people or groups directly involved in the event or topic under consideration, either as participants or as witnesses...Some primary sources are written documents, such as letters; diaries; newspapers and magazine articles; speeches; autobiographies; treatises; census data; and marriage, birth, and death registers" (Rampolla, 2012).
Secondary sources, then, are "texts - such as books, articles, or documentary films - that are written or created by people who were not eyewitnesses to the events or period in question; instead, the authors of secondary sources synthesize, analyze, and interpret primary sources..." (Rampolla, 2012).
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