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Is a video a primary or secondary source?
Letters, diaries, minutes, photographs, artifacts, interviews, and sound or video recordings are examples of primary sources created as a time or event is occurring.
Is a video footage a secondary source?
Secondary sources can include: Documentaries (though they often include photos or video portions that can be considered primary sources).
What are examples of secondary sources?
Examples of secondary sources include:
- journal articles that comment on or analyse research.
- textbooks.
- dictionaries and encyclopaedias.
- books that interpret, analyse.
- political commentary.
- biographies.
- dissertations.
- newspaper editorial/opinion pieces.
How do you know if a source is secondary?
Anything that summarizes, evaluates or interprets primary sources can be a secondary source. If a source gives you an overview of background information or presents another researcher’s ideas on your topic, it is probably a secondary source.
Is the Bible a primary source?
Parts of the Bible are primary sources of information as they purport to be written by the authors themselves. Other portions of the Bible are recordings of the memories of others who related in the information to the author and are thus not primary sources.
Is a video interview a primary source?
It is important to remember that only the raw interview is a primary source. This means the unedited audio or video recording are primary sources. Most importantly: if you refer to an interview conducted by someone else in your research, you must acknowledge this as a secondary source.
What is secondary and primary sources?
Primary sources provide a first-hand account of an event or time period and are considered to be authoritative. Secondary sources involve analysis, synthesis, interpretation, or evaluation of primary sources. They often attempt to describe or explain primary sources.