Researching Historical Sources

Types of Source

Written Sources

Oral/Aural Sources

Artifacts

Cultural Expressions

Visual Sources

Location of Sources

Origin of Sources

Primary

Secondary

On Line Websites

Public Archive and Collections

On Line Archives

Personal Interviews

Private Collections/Archives

Local Historians

Family Diaries and Letters

Portals

Reference Material

Official Sites

Specialist Sites

Museums

Memorials

Family

First person accounts

Photographs

Cartoons

Video

Personal documents eg. letters, diaries

Formal Writing eg. fiction/non fiction

Journalism eg. newspapers and magazine articles

Media Interviews

Podcasts

Painting

Waiata

Mythology/Purakau

Cenotaphs

Maps

Libraries