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Ask an NEH Expert: Validating Sources
Leslie Hayes, Director of Education at the New York Historical Society, discusses how to work with primary and secondary sources in historical research projects. She shares how to assess the reliability of a source, ways to toggle back and forth between primary and secondary sources, and what to do when two sources offer conflicting information or ideas.
This video is one in a three-part series about historical research and writing. See also: Building an Argument and Writing and Editing.
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