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Reference Librarian Sara Marks Explains Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sources

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What Counts as a Primary Source?

  • Archives
  • Correspondence
  • Journals
  • Diaries
  • Financial records
  • Photographs
  • Maps
  • Oral histories
  • Recorded
  • Transcribed government documents
  • Books written by the person being studied

are all examples of primary sources.

Subjects: Music