11 Facts About Primary sources

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Primary sources are distinguished from secondary sources, which cite, comment on, or build upon primary sources.

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In scholarly writing, an important objective of classifying Primary sources is to determine their independence and reliability.

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In scholarly writing, the objective of classifying Primary sources is to determine the independence and reliability of Primary sources.

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In political history, primary sources are documents such as official reports, speeches, pamphlets, posters, or letters by participants, official election returns, and eyewitness accounts.

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In religious history, the primary sources are religious texts and descriptions of religious ceremonies and rituals.

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6.

Some digital copies of primary sources are available from the National Archives of Scotland.

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7.

In practice, some Primary sources have been destroyed, while others are not available for research.

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Potential difficulties with primary sources have the result that history is usually taught in schools using secondary sources.

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Primary sources'storians studying the modern period with the intention of publishing an academic article prefer to go back to available primary sources and to seek new ones.

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Primary sources'storians consider the accuracy and objectiveness of the primary sources that they are using and historians subject both primary and secondary sources to a high level of scrutiny.

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Many sources can be considered either primary or secondary, depending on the context in which they are examined.

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