Primary sources are first-hand accounts, that serve as original evidence documenting a period, event, people, idea or work.
Primary sources can be printed materials like books or newspapers, manuscript and archival materials like diaries and documents, artifacts, and audio/visual materials. Primary materials can be found in analog, digitized, and born-digital forms.
Some examples of primary sources include:
When looking for primary sources, you need to consider:
There is no way to limit search results to "primary sources" in Catalyst, but there are a couple of ways to identify primary sources on a results page if you know the type of primary sources you are searching for.
Using Catalyst's main search box:
Using Catalyst advanced search:
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