REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES
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an encyclopedia entry
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a textbook
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a magazine article
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an interview
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Detailed explanation-1: -Interview, Questionnaire and observation are not the secondary sources.
Detailed explanation-2: -If you have conducted an interview personally or if the interview is in its original format, it is a primary source. However, if you are reading about an interview in a newspaper written by someone else, it is a secondary source. Either way, interviews can be good sources for your paper.
Detailed explanation-3: -Examples of Secondary Sources: Textbooks, edited works, books and articles that interpret or review research works, histories, biographies, literary criticism and interpretation, reviews of law and legislation, political analyses and commentaries.
Detailed explanation-4: -Examples of secondary sources are scholarly or popular books and journal articles, histories, criticisms, reviews, commentaries, encyclopedias, and textbooks.