The Differences And Implications Of The Lewis And Clark Expedition

When writing a paper for any class a writer would take in their life they will encounter having to do research. Finding information for a topic is not as simple as searching a topic and finding the easiest available. There is a level of complexity to finding appropriate and reliable sources that will be accepted by any professor. Primary sources, although are sometimes harder to find, are a great place to get information because of the simple fact that they are guaranteed to be reliable and relevant. Secondary sources are easier to find and less stressful to find sometimes. These sources sometimes have to be sifted through ensure they are relevant but they are still sufficient. There are positives and negatives to using them both. This paper will use the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a way to explain how these source variations …show more content…
These sources they use are broken down into two categories, there are primary sources and secondary sources. Primary sources are usually documents directly from the time period of a certain event while secondary sources are findings from the primary sources (Finding Secondary 1) . Primaries are usually vivid and have a feeling of being more personal to the reader. The reader sees the raw information and is free to make their own decision on how they feel about a certain events.

Secondary sources although are still research they do not carry as much applicability. “Scholarly articles are written by experts studying in a particular field, offering credibility to your research by providing interpretation of material by scholars (1).” Learning from scholars of a subject may be great but nothing beats an expert who actually lived an event rather than someone studying a true expert. There will be times where secondary sources are in some way better. Sometimes, primary sources will be outdated and hard to