Sources of information (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary source) Flashcards
is the analysis of the sources and the synthesis of the material. Historical Sources are definite records, accounts, or sources of information used to reconstruct the past.
Historical Method
Sources are where the information comes from. In a technical sense the
source of historical information is
document
is a written material that says about a historical event. It can be a form of a letter,
book, receipt, report, or an eyewitness account
document
are sources produced at the same time as the event, period, or subject being studied, eyewitness accounts of convention delegates
and their memoirs are used as primary sources Archival documents, artifacts, memorabilia, letters, census, and government records.
(Candelaria, 2018)
primary sources
forms of evidence
contemporary to the event such as Published written sources, manuscripts, diaries, official records, private correspondence, newspapers, Memoirs, autobiographies, tax records, census materials and wills, cultural artifacts (cartoons, movies, fiction, Architecture,
art)
primary (witness)
are sources that are produced by an author who used primary
sources to produce the material are historical sources, which studied
a certain historical subject. Chronicles or interpretation of events
written after the fact. these are: Monographs, biographies, scholarly
journal articles, historical dictionaries, encyclopedias, websites,
lectures and reviews. (Candelaria, 2018)
secondary source
*In terminology of Philippines
historiography, historical sources are
called—. In Philippine
historiography means the source of
historical information.
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appears to be
inhabited for a long period of
time. On the walls of the
shelter were drawings of
turtles, deer, wild pig and
other animals which used to
abound at the time
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is of a less intellectual type of criticism of the documents. It includes
examinations of documents like manuscripts, books, pamphlets,
maps, inscriptions, and monuments.
external criticism
external criticism: historian has to resort to a number of tests to determine the
authenticity:
Authorship’
While collecting the material, it must be remembered that a
document contains the idea of the person who wrote it. A historian
must analyze the contents of the documents with a view to
determining the real meaning
internal criticism
external criticism:, the time, place of publication of the document must be inquired to determine the authenticity of
the document. In the modern publications year and place of
publication is indicated on the book or document on the title page
or backside (overleaf).
“Date of Document”,
internal criticism: A person must be able to understand the literal and real meaning of
the document which is termed as—-.It reveals us
with the author’s conceptions and general notion which he
represents. On another hand, historian sometimes comes across
documents which contradict each other. Hence, the need for
eliminating statements and facts which are obviously wrong and
false arises.
‘Positive Criticism