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Anthropology & Archeology - Articles describing research, ethnographies, surveys, cultural and historical artifacts
Communications & Journalism - News (printed, radio, TV, online), photographs, blogs, social media sites
Education, Political Science & Public Policy - Government publications, laws, court cases, speeches, test results, interviews, polls, surveys
Fine Arts - Original art work, photographs, recordings of performances, and music, scripts (film, theatre, television), music scores, interviews, memoirs, diaries, letters
History - Government publications, newspapers, photographs, diaries, letters, manuscripts, business records, court cases, videos, polls, census data, speeches
Language & Literature - Novels, plays, short stories, poems, dictionaries, language manuals
Psychology, Sociology & Economics - Articles describing research, experiment results, ethnographies, interviews, surveys, data sets
Science - Articles describing research and methodologies, documentation of lab research, research studies
Primary sources are records created by people who participated in or witnessed historical events. They are direct records of the events, without interpretation or commentary. Some primary sources can be created after the events (such as memoirs, oral histories etc.). Primary resources can include diaries, letters, journals, speeches, interviews, tape recordings, memoirs, oral histories, maps, treaties, photographs, and records of governments.