What is primary source?
A primary source is a document or physical object which was written or created during the time under studied.

What is secondary source?

A secondary source is any source about an event, period, or issue in history that was produced after that event, period or issue has passed

EXAMPLE OF SECONDARY SOURCE

• Essays or reviews
• Criticisms or commentaries
• Articles that analyze or discuss ideas and events
• Textbooks (May also be considered tertiary)

EXAMPLE OF PRIMARY SOURCE

• Letters, diaries or journals (Personal thoughts)
• Original photographs
• First-hand newspaper reports
• Creative works like plays, paintings and songs
• Research data and surveys

WHAT IS PRIMAY SOURCE MEAN?
Primary sources are original materials. Information for which the writer has no personal knowledge is not primary, although it may be used by historians in the absence of a primary source.

What is secondary source mean?
In scholarship, a secondary source is a document or recording that relates or discusses information originally presented elsewhere. ...