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  2. Historical source - Wikipedia

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    In scholarship, a secondary source [4] [5] is a document or recording that relates or discusses information originally presented elsewhere. A secondary source is one that gives information about a primary source. In a secondary source, the original information is selected, modified and arranged in a suitable format.

  3. Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (history) - Wikipedia

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    The primary source used is the one used from a scholarly source, or a very close analogue; The primary source is attributed, allowing readers to understand the origin of the quote; Finally, the use of primary sources should be considered in terms of the policy regarding the use of images. There should not be too many, and they are not required.

  4. Primary source - Wikipedia

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    This wall painting found in the Roman city of Pompeii is an example of a primary source about people in Pompeii in Roman times (portrait of Terentius Neo).. In the study of history as an academic discipline, a primary source (also called an original source) is an artifact, document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, recording, or any other source of information that was created at the time ...

  5. Wikipedia : Identifying and using tertiary sources

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    The medium is not the message; source evaluation is an evaluation of content, not publication format. Sometimes high-quality, generally tertiary individual sources are also primary or secondary sources for some material. Two examples are etymological research that is the original work of a dictionary's staff (primary); and analytical not just regurgitative material in a topical encycl

  6. Historiography of India - Wikipedia

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    The historiography of India refers to the studies, sources, critical methods and interpretations used by scholars to develop a history of India.. In recent decades there have been four main schools of historiography in how historians study India: Cambridge, Nationalist, Marxist, and subaltern.

  7. Oral history - Wikipedia

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    Oral sources have established themselves as a vital, diverse, and adaptable source of information for the study of Palestinian history. Researchers benefited from the material contributions of oral studies to studies examining a wide range of topics, including folktales, food and clothing , linguistics and toponymy , genealogy , agricultural ...

  8. Past paper - Wikipedia

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    For example, UPSC papers in India, SAT papers in U.S. and GCSE and A level papers in UK are being sold, as well as other exams worldwide. Previous year question (PYQ) papers are to assess student's brilliancy and capabilities. Students who are preparing for competition exams generally look for past papers.

  9. AP World History: Modern - Wikipedia

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    AP World History: Modern was designed to help students develop a greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts as well as interactions between different human societies. The course advances understanding through a combination of selective factual knowledge and appropriate analytical skills.