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Primary Sources are documents or accounts of events from people who had a direct connection with it. In historical research, primary sources are sources created during the time period being studied. Examples:
Historians use primary sources to interpret and analyze historical events.Historians can look at the same set of primary sources and have different interpretations of the same event. Additionally, if new primary sources are found, then that can change historians interpretation of an event e.g. when the Russian archives were opened up after the collapse of the Soviet Union, documents were found that shed new light on events such as the Russian Revolution and the rise of Joseph Stalin.
Secondary Sources are written or created AFTER an event has taken place and do not provide direct evidence of historical events from people who had a connection with it. Instead, they provide information that has been analyzed or interpreted to provide a specific conclusion about historical events (e.g. the cause of the Cold War). Many secondary sources are written by historians that have interpreted or analyzed primary sources. Examples:
Peer-reviewed historical journals with full-text access. If there is an article you want that is within this range, please contact your librarian to submit an article exchange request. Note: This is NOT a complete list of historical journals housed within MCC's databases. Visit MCC's library catalog page to search for specific journals.