What are 2 basic sources of information?
Primary sources
- diaries, correspondence, ships’ logs.
- original documents e.g. birth certificates, trial transcripts.
- biographies, autobiographies, manuscripts.
- interviews, speeches, oral histories.
- case law, legislation, regulations, constitutions.
- government documents, statistical data, research reports.
What type of source is newspaper?
Newspaper articles can be examples of both primary and secondary sources.
What sources do you use for news?
- Newspapers.
- Magazines.
- TV and radio.
- Internet.
- News agencies.
- Alternative media.
What are the weaknesses of primary sources of information?
Disadvantages: Some primary sources, such as eyewitness accounts, may be too close to the subject, lacking a critical distance. Others, such as interviews, surveys, and experiments, are time consuming to prepare, administer, and analyze.
What are limitations of sources?
Disadvantages of primary sources include:
- Primary sources are susceptible to bias and exaggeration.
- Access to primary sources may be expensive and time-consuming.
How is a source valuable?
Values: Provides a means of learning about the past from individual with first-hand knowledge of historical events. Provides important historical evidence about people, especially minority groups, who might have been excluded from mainstream publications or didn’t leave behind written primary sources.
What is OPVL limitation?
Origin, Purpose, Value and Limitation (OPVL) is a technique for analyzing historical documents. It is used extensively in the International Baccalaureate curriculum and testing materials, and is incredibly helpful in teaching students to be critical observers. It is also known as Document Based Questions (DBQ).
What make a source reliable?
A reliable source is one that provides a thorough, well-reasoned theory, argument, discussion, etc. based on strong evidence. Scholarly, peer-reviewed articles or books -written by researchers for students and researchers. These sources may provide some of their articles online for free.
What is non reliable source of information?
Non-credible websites may have a poor design, broken links, and grammar and spelling errors. They may lack author, date and/or source information. They will not be associated with credible institutions, organizations, or entities. They may contain unbelievable or incorrect information.