Section 9: Using Primary Sources

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• Goals
• Primary Sources Introduction
• Primary Sources
• Secondary Sources
• Primary and Secondary Source Examples
• Historical Context
• Evaluating Primary Sources
• Finding Primary Sources in the Ebook Catalog
• Finding Primary Sources Online
• Finding Archival Repositories
• Primary Sources in the Social Sciences – Original Research
• Assignment
• Primary or Secondary Source?
• Primary Sources Wrap Up
• End

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