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Prepared by Colin Deinhardt and Agatha Barc, Reader Services and Instruction Librarians, Victoria University Library. November 2017
Typology: Exercises
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Evaluation strategies outlined on this page will help you utilize, integrate, and evaluate primary sources in written assignments. Read and review the evidence contained in the sources carefully, looking for obvious omissions, as well as clues the past reflected in the text of the document.
description):
one): o Newspaper/article o Screenplay o Letter o Manuscripts o Memorandum o Government document o Press release o Legal records o Advertisement o Financial records
o Financial records o Postcard o Book o Map o Magazine/article o Email o Sheet music o Diaries/Journals o Identification document o Report
o Interesting letterhead o “RECEIVED” stamp o Handwritten o Typed
o Seals o Notations
Explain why it’s interesting or significant:
i. What is the document talking about? Write one sentence summarizing this document.
ii. List three things the author said that you think are important.
iii. Why did the author write this document? What was the occasion for its creation?
iv. What is the perspective or role in the event that the author is describing? How might this affect the content of the source?
v. What evidence in the document helps you know why it was written? Quote from the document.
vi. Does the author have a thesis? State it in one sentence.
vii. What is at stake for the author in this text?
viii. Is the author responding to an argument or position or concern that is not clearly stated? Give an example. In detail, explain what you think the argument/position/concern might be.
ix. What can the author’s choice of words tell you? What about the silences? What does the author choose to not talk about?
x. Can you detect any biases in the source?
xi. How does the source compare to other primary sources you have looked at?
i. Is there anything about the source that surprised you?
ii. Does the source appear to confirm or disconfirm your prior knowledge of the topic?
iii. What research questions does the source raise?
iv. What research questions does the source help you to answer?
v. List as many arguments about your topic that this source can help you support.