Where can you find primary sources?
6 Free Online Resources for Primary Source Documents
- National Archives. The National Archives is a fantastic resource.
- DocsTeach. Also run by the National Archives, DocsTeach is full of activities for educators.
- Spartacus Educational.
- Fordham University.
- The Avalon Project.
- Life Magazine Photo Archive.
- Easy iPad Access.
What are primary source materials?
Primary sources are documents, images or artifacts that provide firsthand testimony or direct evidence concerning an historical topic under research investigation. Primary sources are original documents created or experienced contemporaneously with the event being researched.
What are examples of tertiary sources?
Examples of Tertiary Sources: Dictionaries/encyclopedias (may also be secondary), almanacs, fact books, Wikipedia, bibliographies (may also be secondary), directories, guidebooks, manuals, handbooks, and textbooks (may be secondary), indexing and abstracting sources.
What is the secondary evidence rule?
Secondary evidence is evidence that has been reproduced from an original document or substituted for an original item. For example, a photocopy of a document or photograph would be considered secondary evidence. Courts prefer original, or primary, evidence. They try to avoid using secondary evidence wherever possible.
What is the Evidence Code?
The Evidence Code lays out rules on which every piece of evidence is first authenticated and then presented in court—assuming it can get past hearsay. For example, bank records are hearsay—out of court statements being used to prove the truth of the financial information.
Are photocopies legal documents?
In short, it means that copies, microfilm, and other reproductions, documents are the same as physical documents and are just as legally valid.
Is Xerox copy a secondary evidence?
Indian Evidence Act, 1872, photocopy/Xerox copy is secondary evidence and can never be regarded as primary evidence.