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Contact: | sarah.voels@wartburg.edu |
Subjects: | Art; Languages, Literatures, & Cultural Studies (includes Film Studies); History; IS 201; Music; Music Therapy; Religion |
In the sciences, you often call something a primary research article if the topic is an original experimental study performed by the authors. In the humanities, a primary source is anything that is original to the time period which you are studying.
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Whatever source you use, but especially sources you find online, remember to mindfully answer the three evaluation questions. History buffs abound, and they love to share their knowledge online--but there's no reason you should use an amateur historian's information on a website if better information by an actual expert or scholar exists elsewhere.
Quick reference for the three questions:
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