Primary Source or Secondary Source

Primary First hand account Created by those who experienced or recorded the events Examples include: Diaries Journals Speeches Autobiographies Oral Histories

First hand account

Created by those who experienced or recorded the events

Examples include:

Diaries

Journals

Speeches

Autobiographies

Oral Histories

Secondary Interprets and analyzes a primary source Examples include: Textbook Encyclopedias

Interprets and analyzes a primary source

Examples include:

Textbook

Encyclopedias

How do I tell? Go to the library web page and choose ABC-Clio.

Go to the library web page and choose ABC-Clio.

Click on these boxes to filter your results and locate primary sources.

Yale: Primary Sources Ithaca: Secondary Sources

Yale: Primary Sources

Ithaca: Secondary Sources