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Classifying the kinds of sources a secondary work draws on

A secondary work, like a textbook or a documentary, is usually built from several different kinds of historical sources: primary sources, like letters, official records, photographs, and artifacts, but often other historians' own earlier writing and interpretations too. Being able to identify which kinds of sources a secondary work draws on helps you understand what its claims are actually based on.

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