give two example of a primary source

Question

you need to give 2 example of a primary source

 

Answer 1

Primary sources are the most direct source of knowledge. An interview, for example, of somebody who witnessed an account that happened that you're looking for information about would be a primary source. Similarly, something written down, like say, a biologist who is writing a paper about amoebae could be considered a primary source.

 

Contrast this with secondary sources, which is where somebody cites someone else, such as, "My friend told me that..." or a section of a book that refers to somebody else's work: "Abraham Maslow wrote in his paper entitled A Theory of Human Motivation a hierarchy of human needs." In the first case, you're speaking to a friend-of-a-friend, and in the second, we have a reference to somebody else's work, but neither is the actual source of information.

 

For note, that's one of the reasons why a lot of teachers dislike Wikipedia for paper writing: it is by its nature secondary sourcing, which means facts can get muddled, changed, or outright lost.