- Data from structured, semi-structured, or unstructured interviews; focus groups; oral histories (audio/video recordings; transcripts; notes/summaries; questionnaires/interview protocols)
- Field notes (including from participant observation or ethnography)
- Maps/satellite imagery/geographic data
- Official/public documents, files, reports (diplomatic, public policy, propaganda, etc.)
- Meeting minutes
- Government statistics
- Correspondence, memoranda, communiqués, queries, complaints
- Parliamentary/legislative proceedings
- Testimony in public hearings
- Speeches, press conferences
- Military records
- Court records; legal documents (charts, wills, contracts)
- Chronicles, autobiographies, memoirs, travel logs, diaries
- Brochures, posters, flyers
- Press releases, newsletters, annual reports
- Records, papers, directories
- Internal memos, reports, meeting minutes
- Position/advocacy papers, mission statements
- Party platforms
- Personal documents (letters, personal diaries, correspondence, personal papers)
- Maps, diagrams, drawings
- Radio broadcasts (audio or transcripts)
- TV programs (video or transcripts)
- Print media (magazine, newspaper articles)
- Electronic media
- Published collections of documents, gazeteers, yearbooks, etc.
- Books, articles, dissertations, working papers
- Photographs
- Ephemera; popular culture visual or audio materials (printed cloth, art, music /songs, etc.)