Types
Below are types of sources that most generally, but not absolutely, fall into a certain level. The letters after an item describes generally the type it is (though this can vary pending the exact source). P is for Primary sources, S is for Secondary sources, and T is for Tertiary sources. (ed., those with ?s are indeterminate.)
- Published Documents
- Maps
- Literature
- Autobiographies
- Biographies
- Poems
- Books
- Magazines
- Newspaper articles
- Pamphlets
- Posters
- Advertisements
- Research
- Peer Journals
- Non-government documents
- Organization papers
- Government documents
- Public records
- Voter lists
- Police records
- Court records
- Court hearings
- Court proceedings
- Tax accounts
- Census data and records
- Classified documents
- Laws
- Treaties
- Court decisions
- Unpublished Documents
- Personal papers
- Letters
- Diaries
- Journals
- Wills
- Research
- Surveys
- Fieldwork
- Reports
- Speeches
- Interviews
- Membership records
- Meeting transcripts
- Financial accounts
- Personal papers
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Famous quotes containing the word types:
“He types his laboured column—weary drudge!
Senile fudge and solemn:
Spare, editor, to condemn
These dry leaves of his autumn.”
—Robertson Davies (b. 1913)
“Science is intimately integrated with the whole social structure and cultural tradition. They mutually support one other—only in certain types of society can science flourish, and conversely without a continuous and healthy development and application of science such a society cannot function properly.”
—Talcott Parsons (1902–1979)
“The bourgeoisie loves so-called “positive” types and novels with happy endings since they lull one into thinking that it is fine to simultaneously acquire capital and maintain one’s innocence, to be a beast and still be happy.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)