Types of Information Sources

These are firsthand documents that provide direct evidence on your topic.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

• Tertiary Source

• Library Source

They are interpretations and evaluations of primary sources. These are not evidence, but rather a commentary on and discussion of evidence.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

• Tertiary Source

• Library Source

Which type of source do Diaries belong to?

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

Which type of source does news film footage belong to?

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

Encyclopedias

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

Reprints of art works

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

Commentaries

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

Autobiographies

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

Biographical works

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

Clothing from the 16th Century

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary