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| Primary Sources |
| A primary source is a document or other sort of evidence written or created during the time under study or data resulting from original research. Here are some types of primary sources: |
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Original Documents
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Diaries, speeches, letters, minutes, interviews, newspaper articles, autobiographies, original statistical compilations, reports, original scientific research. Excerpts or translations are acceptable.
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Creative Works
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Poetry, drama, novels, music, art
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Relics or Artifacts
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Jewelry, tombstones, clothing, buildings
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Examples of primary sources in the Hamersly Library
The New York Times or Oregonian articles, advertisements, & editorials from the time under study
Original research found in scholarly journals
Historical Statistics of the United States
Congressional Committee Hearings
Oregon legislative bills
Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History / selected by William Safire
Moby Dick; or, The Whale / by Herman Melville
Diary of Anne Frank
Complete violin sonatas / by Ludwig van Beethoven
University Archives
Governor Robert W. Straub Archives
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| Secondary Sources |
| A secondary source interprets and analyzes primary sources. Secondary sources are one step removed from the event. Often authors depend on primary sources to produce writings in information genres that constitute "secondary sources." Here are some types of secondary resources: |
- Journal and magazine articles
- except reports of new research written by the researcher
- Newspaper articles
- those which do not give first-hand accounts.
- Histories, Textbooks
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- Encyclopedias, Almanacs
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- Literary criticism and reviews
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- Literature reviews on a given academic topic.
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Examples of secondary sources in the Hamersly Library
Articles from popular magazines or where there are staff writers
Encyclopedia Britannica
The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage / by Todd Gitlin
New Essays on Moby-Dick / edited by Richard H. Brodhead
The Beethoven Sonatas and the Creative Experience / by Kenneth Drake
Stepfathers: What the Literature Reveals: A Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography / by Mona McCormick
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