What is a primary and secondary source?

What is a primary and secondary source?

The pair of terms primary source / secondary source refers, among other things, in historical studies to the traditional connection between sources. A secondary source can be used to find out what was in the (possibly lost) primary source.

Is an interview a primary source?

In a purely scientific context, primary sources are research reports by a scientist who himself has collected and evaluated empirical data. Such data are quantitative (e.g. statistics, surveys, experiments) or qualitative (e.g. interviews, observation, document analysis).

How to quote when primary source is not available?

In any case, you must make it clear that you have not quoted from the original source. If, on the other hand, you do not mark a secondary quotation correctly, but simply copy the quotation, this is called a “blind quotation”. Blind quotes are plagiarism.

The pair of terms primary source / secondary source refers, among other things, in historical studies to the traditional connection between sources. A secondary source can be used to find out what was in the (possibly lost) primary source.