REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES
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Research findings on video gaming’s effects
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Population statistics from the U.S Census Bureau
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An almanac
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Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
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Detailed explanation-1: -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: -Examples of secondary sources are scholarly or popular books and journal articles, histories, criticisms, reviews, commentaries, encyclopedias, and textbooks.
Detailed explanation-3: -A tertiary source is a source that indexes, abstracts and/or compiles other sources. Examples include dictionaries, encyclopedias, fact books and almanacs. Tertiary sources give an overview of a subject that can then lead to primary and secondary sources.
Detailed explanation-4: -Use an almanac when you are looking for current statistical data and basic information about a topic. Almanacs are published annually and include up-to-date facts about the world, current events, countries, sports records, business and the economy, astronomy, education, awards, space, and much more.