2 Primary versus Secondary Sources

The concept of the information cycle underlies a distinction that you’ll often come across,  primary versus secondary sources. How do you differentiate primary and secondary sources in your research? This video by Professor McClanan overviews how to differentiate primary versus secondary sources looking at examples from modern and medieval art:

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More about Primary versus Secondary Sources

You can get a general overview of the difference between primary and secondary sources in this page created by the University of Oregon:

Primary and Secondary Sources : University of Oregon

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