REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES
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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: -Examples of Tertiary Sources: Dictionaries/encyclopedias (may also be secondary), almanacs, fact books, Wikipedia, bibliographies (may also be secondary), directories, guidebooks, manuals, handbooks, and textbooks (may be secondary), indexing and abstracting sources.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -journal articles that comment on or analyse research. textbooks. dictionaries and encyclopaedias. books that interpret, analyse. political commentary. biographies. dissertations. newspaper editorial/opinion pieces. More items