Library Research Guide to Asian & Latino Immigration Since WW II California State University, Long Beach University Library
PRIMARY SOURCES What are they?
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Primary sources are original documents or data. A few examples of primary include first hand accounts, government statistics, personal narratives, letters, interviews, local or state propositions, legal cases, historical newspapers.
Government Documents :: Books :: Magazines & Journals :: Newspaper Articles :: Propositions, Law & Legal Cases
Government sources are the official publications of a sovereign
nation. For example, the United States of America, Mexico, People's
Republic of China.
It is REQUIRED
that you use ONE of these resources when writing your interpretive essays:
•Census
US Census 2000
•Immigration
US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS)
SECONDARY SOURCES
What
are they?
A secondary sources
is a document that analyzes original data or documents and offers an
interpretation. These sources may include a scholarly journal article, a book, a
book chapter or a public policy web site.
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