OBTAINING INFORMATION FROM

VARIOUS SOURCES

Information may come from two sources:

- Primary Sources
- Secondary Sources

PRIMARY SOURCES
-Are documents and original artifacts from people who
participated and witnessed an actual event in history.
Examples:
 Audio Materials (memoirs, interviews, music)
 Images (photographs, fine art, videos)
 Objects & Artifacts (clothing, tools, pottery, memorabilia,
inventions)
 Statistics (census, population statistics, weather accounts)
 Text (diaries, letters, legal agreements, journals,
autobiographies, laws, lectures, treaties, maps)
SECONDARY SOURCES
 Journal Articles
 Analyze Research
 Textbooks
 Dictionaries
 Encyclopedias
 Political
 Commentary
 Biographies
 Dissertation
 Newspaper Editorial
 Opinion Columns
 Criticism of Literature