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'''''Stone (or Metal or Wood) Monuments '''''(rubbings)

'''''Paper Copies of the Original<span></span>'''''<br /><span>    </span>- clippings (of newspapers, periodicals, or books)<br /><span>    </span>- photoduplicate (Xerox) images of the original<br /><span>    </span>- printouts from film or digital photocopies<br /><span>    </span><span>- carbon copies (obsolete)<br /><span>    </span>- Mimeograph copies (obsolete)<br /><span>    - </span></span>paper or ink handwritten transcript copies

'''''Electronic Media Originals'''''<br /><span></span>email, fax, audio or video tapes, CDs, DVDs, diskettes (8, 5¼, 3½ inch), hard drives, flash drives, zip drives, Internet sites

'''''Electronic Media Images of an Original'''''<br /><span>    </span>- digital camera images<br /><span>    </span>- scanner copies

'''''Human Memory''''' (please make a paper copy and cite the paper rather than personal knowledge)<br />'''''<br />'''''

'''''Transcript Copies '''''(an interpretation rather than an image of the original)<br />'''''<span>    </span>'''''- typed on typewriter or computer keyboard<br /><span>        </span>displayed on a computer screen<br /><span>        </span>printouts<br /><span>    </span><span>    </span>Mimeograph copies (obsolete)<br /><span>    </span>- notes from a telephone interview<br /><span>    </span>- handwritten transcripts in ink or pencil

'''Paper photocopies are best. '''Photocopies of a source are better than handwritten copies because they are less likely to contain transcription errors. Paper image photocopies of a source are better than electronic copies because paper preserves better than electronic media, and will never be obsolete.

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