Question

what are sources? Name the types of sources​

Answer 1

In general, there are three types of resources or sources of information: primary, secondary, and tertiary.  It is important to understand these types and to know what type is appropriate for your coursework prior to searching for information.

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1) Primary sources are original materials on which other research is based, including:  

original written works – poems, diaries, court records, interviews, surveys, and original research/fieldwork, and

research published in scholarly/academic journals.

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2) Secondary sources are those that describe or analyze primary sources, including:  

reference materials – dictionaries, encyclopedias, textbooks, and

books and articles that interpret, review, or synthesize original research/fieldwork.

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3)Tertiary sources are those used to organize and locate secondary and primary sources.  

Indexes – provide citations that fully identify a work with information such as author, titles of a book, article, and/or journal, publisher and publication date, volume and issue number and page numbers.

Abstracts – summarize the primary or secondary sources,

Databases – are online indexes that usually include abstracts for each primary or secondary resource, and may also include a digital copy of the resource.

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