REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES
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Question
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Primary Source
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Secondary Source
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -For example, a biography about Abraham Lincoln is a secondary resource about Lincoln. However, if examined as a piece of evidence about the nature of biographical writing, or as an example of the biographer’s writing method it becomes a primary resource.
Detailed explanation-2: -Secondary sources are interpretations and analyses based on primary sources. For example, an autobiography is a primary source while a biography is a secondary source. Typical secondary sources include: Scholarly Journal Articles.
Detailed explanation-3: -Bibliographies are compilations of secondary source materials pertaining to a particular topic. Most of the secondary sources compiled in the Brexit bibliographies described below were published prior to the 2016 referendum.