When people are conducting research, particularly historical research, they usually rely on primary and secondary sources. Primary sources are the more direct type of information. A primary source is an account of an event that is produced by individuals who were actually present. Some examples of primary sources include a person's diary entry about an event, an interview with an eyewitness, a newspaper article, or a transcribed conversation. Secondary sources are pieces of information that are constructed through the use of other, primary sources. Often, the person who creates the secondary source was not actually present at the event. Secondary sources could include books, research papers, and magazine articles. From the passage it can be assumed that

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