Primary source
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In historical scholarship, a primary source is a document, or other source of information that was created at or near the time being studied, by an authoritative source, usually one with direct personal knowledge of the events being described. In this sense primary does not mean superior. It refers to creation by the primary players, and is distinguished from a secondary source, which in historical scholarship is a work, such as a scholarly book or article, built up from primary sources.
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See also
- Historiography
- Source criticism
- Source literature
- Source text
- Historical document
- Secondary source
- Tertiary source
- Original research
- UNISIST model
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