This training session is part of a new Kelley Center series of government information literacy instruction - Unlocking the Power of Governnent Information.
Primary sources are the raw materials of history—original documents and objects that were created at the time under study. They are different from secondary sources, accounts that retell, analyze, or interpret events, usually at a distance of time or place. From the Dictionary for Library and Information Science, "In scholarship, a document or record containing firsthand information or original data on a topic, used in preparing a derivative work."
EXAMPLES: Primary sources include original manuscripts, periodical articles reporting original research or thought, diaries, memoirs, letters, journals, photographs, drawings, posters, film footage, sheet music, speeches, songs, interviews, government documents, public records, eyewitness accounts, newspaper clippings, memoirs, audio recordings, maps, oral histories, raw data, etc.
This training session will showcase these materials in government documents collections to give you inspirations to explore more.
Eligibility and Cost
This training is free and open to the public.
Contact:
jax2@rice.edu