This document discusses primary, secondary, and tertiary sources of information. Primary sources are original documents created at the time of an event by eyewitnesses, such as diaries, letters, speeches, photographs. Secondary sources are created later and interpret or analyze primary sources, such as biographies, histories, newspaper reports. Tertiary sources collect and compile information from primary and secondary sources, such as encyclopedias, indexes, dictionaries. Examples are provided for each type of source and questions are presented to help identify the appropriate source for different research situations.

2. 1. What does the message in picture
A and B wanted to convey ?
2. What is an information?
3. How will you avoid
misinformation?
4. What are the sources of
information?
GUIDE QUESTIONS:

3. Primary and
Secondary
Sources of
Information

4. MELC 5: Compare and contrast of the materials viewed
with outside sources of information in terms of
accessibility and effectiveness. EN10VC-Iva-15
Objectives/Subtasks:
Identify the three major sources of
information.
 Familiarize the common specific
sources of information used in
research.

5. What are the sources of
information?
THREE MAJOR SOURCES
OF INFORMATION
1. Primary Documents
2. Secondary Documents
3. Tertiary Sources

6. PRIMARY SOURCES
 These are first-hand documents written by
those who experience and/or see them at the
period of research or the time an event
happens.
 These are original documents which include
personal accounts, personal documents,
pictures, videos, speeches, historical
documents (on eyewitness perspective),
literary texts, literary works and letters.

7. Primary Sources
A source of information from the time of an event
 Autobiographies
 Diaries
 Journals
 Manuals
 Laws
 Letters
 Newspaper articles
 Speeches
 Maps
 Artifacts
 Oral histories
 Photographs
 Film footage
 Art
 Music

8. Questions to ask yourself when looking
at Primary Sources
What is it?
Who wrote (or made) this?
When did they write/ make it?
Where was this made?
Why did they write/ make it?

9. Examples of primary sources:
Personal Records
Journals Diaries

10. Examples of primary sources:
Visual Materials
sculpture drawings Paintings

11. Examples of primary sources:
Visual Materials
photographs
maps
film

12. Examples of primary sources:
Oral Histories
Chronicles, memoirs, myths, legends passed down by
word of mouth
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13. Examples of primary sources:
Songs and Poems

14. Examples of primary sources:
Artifacts
Tools, ornaments, objects

15. SECONDARY SOURCES
These are documents written as recount of
events. The author has not personally
witnessed what he or she has written.
These include interpretations, discussions,
commentaries, or evaluations of prime
resources.

16. SECONDARY SOURCES
Biographical Works
Evaluation
History
Books
News
Criticisms

17. Examples of secondary sources:
Textbooks, biographies,
histories, newspaper
report by someone who
was not present

18. Examples of secondary sources:
Charts, graphs, or images created AFTER the time period.

19. TERTIARY SOURCES
Tertiary sources are basically collections
of information from primary and
secondary sources.
EXAMPLES:
Almanacs
Bibliography
Indexes/Indices
Dictionaries
 Database
 Encyclopedia
Abstracts

20. WHAT’S
YOUR
SOURCE!

21. SITUATION 1:
There is no electricity, and Mayor
Benjamine Magalong needs to
know what the weather is like in
Baguio today. What resource
should he use?
NEWSPAPER

22. SITUATION 2:
Miss Cherrie has a report on the
different types of volcanoes to
better understand Mt. Taal. What
resource should she use?
ENCYCLOPEDIA

23. SITUATION 3:
Kim Chui needs to find the meaning
of the longest word
“Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovol
canoconiosis”. What resource should
she use?
DICTIONARY

24. SITUATION 4:
The Malucay family is planning to
visit Korea. They wanted to know
about their festival celebrations and
other religious activities. What
resource should they use?
ALMANAC

25. SITUATION 5:
Rodrigo likes to know the author
and the year his favorite book
was published. What resource
should he use?
BIBLIOGRAPHY