Writing Your Paper Approaches to Research For information on how to do research in general, check Research Strategy . Primary source material is a key part of historical research. A primary source is a document in which an event is described by its witnesses. The British North American Act , The Diaries of Louis Riel , and the Memoirs of Pierre Elliot Trudeau. A secondary source interprets and analyses primary sources.
Secondary sources are one step removed from the event.
Government Documents has from 1867 onwards. Library has print volumes from 1849 onwards with some gaps. Latest volume is shelved at the Information Desk. Provides a variety of information about Canadian life. Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs REF F5003.C33 Library has from 1971 to 1988.