vs secondary sources Which is which Primary source Primary sources are original materials They are from the time period involved and have not been filtered through interpretation or evaluation ID: 397743
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Primary vs. secondary sources
Which is which?Slide2
Primary sourcePrimary sources are original materials.
They
are from the time period involved and have not been filtered through interpretation or evaluation.
Primary
sources are original materials on which other research is based
.
They present original thinking, report a discovery, or share new information.Slide3
Examples of primary sources
Artifacts (e.g. coins, plant specimens, fossils, furniture, tools, clothing, all from the time under study);
Audio recordings (e.g. radio programs)
Diaries; Letters; Interviews (e.g., oral histories, telephone, e-mail); Speeches;
Newspaper
articles written at the time;
Original Documents (i.e. birth certificate, will, marriage license, trial transcript);
Photographs
Works
of art, architecture, literature, and music (e.g., paintings, sculptures, musical scores, buildings, novels, poems). Slide4
Secondary sourcesSecondary sources are less easily defined than primary sources.
Generally
, they are accounts written after the fact with the benefit of hindsight.
Secondary sources
are interpretations and evaluations of primary sources.
Secondary
sources
are not evidence
, but rather commentary on and discussion of evidence. Slide5
Examples of Secondary sources
Biographical
works;
Commentaries, criticisms;
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias (also considered tertiary);
Histories;
Magazine
and newspaper articles
Textbooks Slide6
Primary or secondary?
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Primary or secondary?
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Primary or secondary?
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Primary or secondary?
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Primary or secondary?
PRIMARY!