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Primary and Secondary Sources
Learn to tell primary from secondary sources, and why 'primary' doesn't automatically mean 'reliable.'
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Historians as detectives
Historians don't just read about the past — they investigate it using evidence, the same way a detective works a case. But not all evidence is the same kind. Knowing what type of evidence you're looking at changes what questions you can ask it.