Specyfika źródeł do badań politologicznych
Specificity of sources for political science

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns using sources in political science research, assessment of their usefulness and inter alia interpretation in the aspect of internal and external critique. Apart from classic sources: documents, Parliament, court, administrative and military records as well as political parties and social movements, there are other sources that are used. For instance, narrative sources, diaries, journals, memoirs, memories, autobiographies and epistolary sources. These documents complement one another and are supposed to be researched as far as their origin, authenticity and credibility are concerned. Critique of sources aims at, among others, elimination of useless documents or those of questionable value. In the 21st century crucial role play online sources: blogs, vlogs, Twitter or Facebook entries, audiovisual documents of different level of generality or detailing. Their credibility and usefulness depend on critical activities and identifying their helpfulness in the research.

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