Primary Sources Research Guide
- Primary Sources - What are They?
- Primary versus Secondary Sources
- Primary Source Literacy
- How to Search for Primary Sources
- Primary Source General Online Collections
- Primary Sources - History
- Primary Sources - Fine & Performing Arts
- Primary Sources - Literature
- Primary Sources - Business
- Primary Sources - Education
- Primary Sources - Political Science & Government
- Primary Sources - Law
- Primary Sources - Psychology
- Primary Sources - Sciences
- Citing Primary Sources
- EFSC Archives
Primary and Secondary Sources
What is a secondary source?
Secondary sources are those that describe, analyze, interpret, or review your primary source. often, secondary sources are written years after the fact, and can thus take into consideration other events, or otherwise place a primary source in historical context. they include articles, books, and other works that provide information about a past event or another work. they often give overviews, interpret or analyze the events or works, or are critical studies or reviews., a chart showing some differences between primary & secondary sources, this chart comes from kaitlin springmier's "library instruction: evaluating sources" canvas class (links to an external site.) , sonoma state university library, (links to an external site.) is licensed under cc by 4.0 (links to an external site.) / a derivative of original work.
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