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    1877 Essay #1: Summary of “Working with Sources” When we are giving information‚ whether a text or speech‚ our knowledge must have a good basis. Using sources would amplify the quality of our message‚ but first of all‚ it is completely necessary to understand what is a source and how many types of sources exists. First‚ what is a source? Oxford Dictionary says “A book or document used to provide evidence in research”. Is a very simple definition and the meaning is

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    PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES What is Primary Sources? * Primary sources are original materials. Generally‚ primary sources are not accounts written after the fact with the benefit of hindsight. * Information for which the writer has no personal knowledge is not primary‚ although it may be used by historians in the absence of a primary source. * Primary sources provide first-hand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation. They are created by witnesses or recorders

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    A primary source is a document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study. These sources were present during an experience or time period and offer an inside view of a particular event. Some types of primary sources include: original documents (excerpts or translations acceptable): diaries‚ speeches. creative works: poetry‚ drama‚ novels‚ music‚ art  relics or artefacts: pottery‚ furniture‚ clothing‚ buildings Examples of primary sources include: Diary of Anne Frank

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    Unit – II Sources of Research material PRIMARY AND SECONDERY SOURCES OF LEGAL RESEARCH Because the law is so varied‚ there are many different resources available to help locate the law‚ each with a specific use and specific limitations. The major types of legal research resources are primary sources of law and secondary sources of law. Primary sources of law are the actual law itself — constitutions‚ statutes‚ administrative regulations‚ ordinances‚ and court

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    the Arbeidskrav II – is: An analysis of a primary sources (original works of literature)‚ read in the context of secondary sources (scholarly interpretations of the primary source). In other words: Your project paper will not only be your personal engagement with a primary text (Hamlet‚ Jane Eyre‚ The Importance of Being Earnest‚ etc‚) It will also include your personal engagement with the secondary texts that have been written about your primary text. For example‚ Ø A scholarly book analyzing

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    Sharecropper’s Story of Forced Labor Primary and Secondary Sources A primary source is a resource generated by a participant in or an observer of an historical event. Primary sources include speeches‚ letters‚ diaries‚ and newspaper stories. Memoirs and autobiographies written well after the event also are considered to be primary sources. Primary sources are not limited to written records; images and material objects also serve as primary sources. For example‚ American Indian rock art‚

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    Primary/Secondary Sources Summarization Project Jeremiah Shivers The book “Night” is the first book of a trilogy (three-part series) written by Elie Wiesel. This book is about his first hand experience in Nazi German concentration camps with his father. It takes place between the beginning of the Holocaust and the end of World War II. Primary and Secondary Sources‚ like books or documents. They help us find out what happened in the past. Depending on how it is being used makes an object

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    Tertiary literature sources A variety of tertiary literature is available to help our in the research. Most of these publicatons are called indexes and abstract ‚ and selection will be held by your university library.Tertiary sources also known as search tools are designed either to help locate primary & secondary literature. Other example of tertiary literature sources is encyclopedia‚ dictionary‚ citation indexes‚ catalogue‚ web based portals‚ data bases and journal contents pages. The tertiary

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    Sources of secondary sources in Pakistan Some are listed below‚  Agricultural & Livestock Products Marketing & Grading Dept.  Agricultural Census Organization  Azad Jammu & Kashmir Council  Board Of Investment  Bureau of Emigration & Overseas Employment  Capital Development Authority  Carrier Telephone Industries  Centre For Applied & Molecular Biology  Central Cotton Research Institute  Central Drugs Laboratory‚ Defence Housing Authority‚ Karachi  Central Inspectorate

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    2008 Source C is a public primary source. It is an excerpt from an article from The Argus Newspaper‚ 19th July 1915. It is from an article which was reporting on a march that took place in July 1915 by women who where demanding the right to serve on the home front by making munitions. The perspective of Source C is that of the publishers and author of the article of the newspaper‚ who where Australians‚ supporters of the British cause in the war. Censorship by the British government would

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