Disciplines
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Primary source examples
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Anthropology, Archaeology
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Articles describing research, ethnographies, surveys,
cultural and historical artifacts
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Communications, Journalism
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News as reported events (printed, radio, TV, online), photographs,
blogs, social media sites
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Education, Political Science, Public Policy
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Government publications, laws, court cases,
speeches, test results, interviews, polls, surveys
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Fine Arts
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Original art work, photographs, recordings of performances
and music, scripts (film, theatre, television), music scores,
interviews, memoirs, diaries, letters
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History
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Government publications, newspapers, photographs,
diaries, letters, manuscripts, business records,
court cases, videos, polls, census data, speeches
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Language and Literature
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Novels, plays, short stories, poems, dictionaries,
language manuals
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Psychology, Sociology, Economics
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Articles describing research, experiment results, ethnographies, interviews, surveys, data sets
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Sciences
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Articles describing research and methodologies, documentation of lab research, research studies
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