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2 GROUPS OF
SOURCES

Primary Sources
ONLINE NEWSPAPER
Original or firsthand record of an event,
object, or person. They have not yet Secondary Sources
been analysed or interpreted.
Interpretation, report, description, or
Examples: art works, diaries, eyewitness summary of primary sources.
accounts, interviews, government and
Examples: articles from newspapers,
legal documents, letters, photographs,
journals and magazines, biographies,
records of organisations, reports,
books, documentaries, essays, reviews.
speeches, survey data.

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