primary source

First-hand account of information

EntityWikibase reason for preferred rankQ112754

Also known as original source

Instance of: Wikibase reason for preferred rank
Subclass of: historical source
Part of: primary and secondary sources

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In the study of history as an academic discipline, a primary source is an artifact, document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, recording, or any other source of information that was created at the time under study. It serves as an original source of information about the topic. Similar definitions can be used in library science and other areas of scholarship, although different fields have somewhat different definitions. In journalism, a primary source can be a person with direct knowledge of a situation, or a document written by such a person.

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Followed by: secondary source
Different from: primary sector of the economy
Has characteristic: first
Partially coincident with: historical source

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AIDB. (2026). primary source (Q112754). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/primary-source-Q112754