Archival Research / Sources Flashcards
Places where you find old documents, which are called records.
a. Document
b. Record
c. Archive
d. Source
c. Archive
Eyewitnesses - sources that are living individuals are also called what in historical research?
a. respondents or informants
b. speakers
c. interviewees
a. respondents or informants
Considered an authoritative source as a primary source of historical information. Ex: UST Archives, museums, etc.
a. Document
b. Batis
c. Secondary source
d. Primary source
b. Batis
The source of all historical information.
a. Document
b. Batis
c. Archive
d. Primary Source
b. Batis
Anything that contains original information on a topic is considered a primary source.
True.
First-hand, authoritative accounts of events, topics, and historical periods.
a. Document
b. Batis
c. Secondary source
d. Primary source
d. Primary source
Secondary sources are more authoritative than primary source materials; they contain information that directly discusses the subject matter.
False.
The information contained therein can be considered as pure and untainted; eyewitnesses- personal and/ or principal participants.
a. Document
b. Batis
c. Secondary source
d. Primary source
d. Primary source
A written material that says about a historical event
a. Document
b. Record
c. Archive
d. Source
a. Document
Materials which directly point or discuss the subject matter.
a. Document
b. Batis
c. Secondary source
d. Primary source
d. Primary source
Some sources are not written but can be authoritative.
True.
The source of historical information, while Batis is the source of all historical information.
a. Document
b. Record
c. Archive
d. Source
a. Document
It is the content of the source that counts and sources can be in paper copy, microfilm, electronic, or any other form.
True.
Autobiography is an example of a primary source.
True.
Which of the following is not a guideline for Evaluating Primary Sources?
a. WHO is the author or sponsor of the website?
b. HOW was it written?
c. WHERE is the site located?
d. WHY does it exist?
b. HOW was it written?
magazine articles about a topic
a. Tertiary source
b. Not a source
c. Secondary source
d. Primary source
c. Secondary source
Interpret, critique, and analyze primary sources. Information created or published from primary sources.
a. Tertiary source
b. Not a source
c. Secondary source
d. Primary source
c. Secondary source
These also include digested information or information derived from primary sources.
a. Tertiary source
b. Not a source
c. Secondary source
d. Primary source
c. Secondary source
Documents or Works made by individuals who are not direct participants to the event or the people who got the information from somebody else or from primary sources.
a. Tertiary source
b. Not a source
c. Secondary source
d. Primary source
c. Secondary source
Which of the following is not a credit?
a. American Library Association,
b. Reference and User Services Association
c. History Section
d. National Library of the Philippines
d. National Library of the Philippines
Email messages, text messages, forwarded email messages and facebook posts are secondary sources.
False.
The translated versions of rare books are already considered Secondary sources.
False.
Movies, performances, including the renditions are primary sources.
True.
Which of the following is not a primary source:
a. speeches
b. essays by persons expressing their own view
c. facebook posts
d. guidebook
d. guidebook
Which of the following is not a primary source:
a. receipts
b. laws and ordinances
c. encyclopedia articles
d. letters to the editor expressing the writer’s views
c. encyclopedia articles
Primary resources require eyewitnesses and first-hand involvement, whether as participant or witness to the event. Even if the person was blind or deaf, so long as he or she was in the vicinity when the event happened and perceived the event, his/her testimonials (whether written down on the spot or 50 years later), would be considered a primary source.
True.
teachers’ reports on student behavior as reported to school counselors
a. Tertiary source
b. Not a source
c. Secondary source
d. Primary source
c. Secondary source
Search Engines
a. Tertiary source
b. Not a source
c. Secondary source
d. Primary source
a. Tertiary source
Dictionaries
a. Tertiary source
b. Not a source
c. Secondary source
a. Tertiary source
Encyclopedias
a. Tertiary source
b. Not a source
c. Secondary source
d. Primary source
a. Tertiary source
Online Public Access Catalogs (OPAC)
a. Tertiary source
b. Not a source
c. Secondary source
d. Primary source
a. Tertiary source
Card catalogue about a book or document.
a. Tertiary source
b. Not a source
c. Secondary source
d. Primary source
a. Tertiary source
Incomplete information on the internet called:
a. Footnotes
b. Stubs
c. Links
d. Sources
b. Stubs
Footnotes, abstracts of books, theses, and dissertations
a. Tertiary source
b. Not a source
c. Secondary source
d. Primary source
a. Tertiary source
The written testimonies of people who witnessed 9/11 on TV.
a. Tertiary source
b. Not a source
c. Secondary source
d. Primary source
c. Secondary source