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Latinx Studies

This guide serves as a general starting point for research in Latina/o Studies.

Primary Sources

Primary source [definition]

"In scholarship, a document or record containing firsthand information or original data on a topic, used in preparing a derivative work. Primary sources include original manuscripts, periodical articles reporting original research or thought, diaries, memoirs, letters, journals, photographs, drawings, posters, film footage, sheet music, songs, interviews, government documents, public records, eyewitness accounts, newspaper clippings, etc."

Source: ODLIS: Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science

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