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Interpreting Primary Sources Online
This session will show how to apply critical thinking and analysis skills to a variety of primary sources. By the end of the session you will know how to contextualize primary source documents and extract information from them to make informed judgments and use the sources as evidence in your assignments. Topics covered include an overview of primary source formats, identifying bias, applying prior subject knowledge to primary sources, identifying purpose and intended audience, and recognizing symbols, silences, paratext and marginalia. Topics will be demonstrated with real primary source examples including photographs, artwork, letters, and other archival documents.
- Date:
- Monday, March 24, 2025
- Time:
- 4:30pm - 5:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Atlantic Time (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Audience:
- Graduate students Undergraduate students
- Categories:
- Library Research Workshop
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