Secondary sources are secondary accounts that analyze, evaluate, amalgamate, or otherwise add context to a variety of primary evidence, such as data, artifacts, archival documents, recordings etc.
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Primary Sources |
Secondary Sources |
| Interviews and oral histories | Journal Articles |
| objects and artifacts | Reviews (of books, art, music, theatre, etc.) |
| Survey and other research data and observations | Reviews (of books, art, music, theatre, etc.) |
| Works of art, literature, or music | Books or monographs |
| Correspondence, diaries, and journals |
Scholarly articles using survey, systematic review, or qualitative meta-analysis methods |
| Government and legal documents | Biographies |
| Government and legal documents | Publications of collected works |
| Patents, designs, and blueprints |
Adapted from "Primary, Secondary & Tertiary Sources" (http://collegeresearch.gmu.edu/primary-secondary-tertiary/) by George Mason University licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)