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Welcome to the NCC Libraries guide to primary source materials.
Here you will find resources and strategies for finding and using primary source materials for your research papers and projects. Please feel to contact the library at any time with questions, and remember to check our your course research guides for even more specific primary source information.
Primary sources typically provide direct, firsthand evidence or commentary about any/all of the following:
Primary sources can include any/all of the following:
Primary sources can be in audiovisual format:
Social media and electronic/digital sources are often primary sources: