Week 2

Describe appropriate tools and search strategies to find information.

           

From this lessons, I learned the three types of sources Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary sources. 

• Primary source is a material written or produced in the period that you may be investigating.These are the first hand document of an event. there are a few primary sources such as diaries, letters, interview, journals, speeches and the last one is autobiography.

These are a few examples those picture 

• Secondary source is something that is written about a primary source. these are a few example of secondary sources such as: bibliography, newspaper, journals, books, TV, Radio, and documentaries.

• Tertiary source is consist of information which is a distillation and the collection of primary and secondary sources. the examples of tertiary sources such as: Bibliographies of bibliography, directories of directories, guides of literature.

Comparison across the disciplines:

SUBJECT	PRIMARY	SECONDARY	TERTIARY
Art and Architecture	Painting by Manet	Article critiquing art piece	ArtStor database
Chemistry/Life Sciences	Einstein's diary	Monograph on Einstein's life	Dictionary on Theory of Relativity
Engineering/Physical Sciences	Patent	NTIS database	Manual on using invention
Humanities	Letters by Martin Luther King	Web site on King's writings	Encyclopedia on Civil Rights Movement
Social Sciences	Notes taken by clinical psychologist	Magazine article about the psychological condition	Textbook on clinical psychology
Performing Arts	Movie filmed in 1942	Biography of the director	Guide to the movie