IGNOU BLI 222 2017 2018 - Define primary, secondary and tertiary sources of information. Discuss

Question

Define primary, secondary and tertiary sources of information. Discuss the
different types of reports as primary sources of information.

24 Aug 2017

Answer :

Word Count : 555

Primary sources are original materials on which other research is based.

They are from the time period involved and have not been filtered through interpretation or evaluation.

They are usually the first formal appearance of results in physical, print or electronic format. They present original thinking, report a discovery, or share new information.

Examples include:

Literary creation: novels, short stories, poems, etc.
Artifacts (e.g. coins, plant specimens, fossils, furniture, tools, clothing, all from the time under study);
Audio recordings (e.g. radio programs)
Diaries;
Internet communications on email, listservs;
Interviews (e.g., oral histories, telephone, e-mail);
Journal articles published in peer-reviewed publications;
Letters;
Newspaper articles written at the time;
Original Documents (i.e. birth certificate, will, marriage license, trial transcript);
Patents;
Photographs
Proceedings of Meetings, conferences and symposia;

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