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Q. What are primary and secondary sources?

What's the difference between primary, secondary, and tertiary sources, and how do I use them?

Answered By: JJ Fickenworth

Last Updated: Jun 11, 2018 Views: 83

That's a great question. The short video below (2:25) will do the following:

Define primary, secondary, and tertiary sources.
Show specific examples of them moving from primary, secondary, and tertiary classifications.

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