Full definition for primary source: Primary sources are original materials on which other research is based. These sources include documents such as poems, diaries, court records, interviews, surveys, and fieldwork. Primary sources also include research results generated by experiments that are usually published in academic and research journals. Data, such as statistics which have been tabulated but not interpreted, is also considered a primary source.

Full definition for secondary source: Secondary sources describe, interpret, analyze and evaluate primary sources or they comment on and discuss the evidence provided by primary resources. Secondary sources are works that are one or more steps removed from an event. They refer to original information and have been written after the fact with the benefit of hindsight. In science, secondary sources are those which simplify the process of finding and evaluating primary literature. They tend to be works that repackage, reorganize, reinterpret, summarize, index or otherwise "add value" to the new information reported in the primary literature.

Answer questions 5 and 8

3. What is a Primary Source?

A primary source is original material that constitutes the foundation of other studies.

4. What are some examples of primary sources? (list at least 4)

a)Sets of data

b)Letters and correspondence

c)proceeding of meeting

d)interviews, surveys and fieldwork

5. Based on the definition and examples you listed in questions 3 and 4:

a)What kind of information would you expect to find in a primary source?

b)When would you use a primary source in your own research or writing?

6. What is a Secondary Source?

A secondary source defines, translates, analyzes, and assesses primary sources, or they remark on and discuss the evidence presented by primary resources.

7. What are some examples of secondary sources? (list at least 4)

1.History

2.Newspaper and popular magazine articles

3.Bibliographies

4.Dictionaries and encyclopedias

8. Based on the definition and examples you listed in questions 6 and 7:

a)Why do you think secondary source are useful?

b)How would you use a secondary source to support your own research or writing?