1. diaries, correspondence, ships' logs
original documents e.g. birth certificates, trial transcripts
biographies, autobiographies, manuscripts
interviews, speeches, oral histories
case law, legislation, regulations, constitutions
government documents, statistical data, research reports
a journal article reporting NEW research or findings
creative art works, literature
newspaper advertisements and reportage and editorial/opinion pieces
Primary sources can be found using :
2. An Information Source is a source of information for somebody, i.e. anything that might informs a person about something on provide knowledge to somebody. Information