Secondary source

Wikipedia is known for being a rich source for information on thousands of topic. Due to its open source format, pages consist of information from a medley of sources. With that, some information is lost from each specific source, as not all the contents of each source can be included on a page. For my investigation, I looked at Wikipedia’s page for Cattle. I have always been interested in the animal, as cows are my favorite, but I never took the time to actually learn about it. When I was…

Video Treatment In treating Your Video Right: How to Create and Use a Video Treatment, by Janis Lonnquist, the author proposes that in order to create a useful treatment and have it complete it’s purpose, you must complete certain steps in order to achieve an ultimate goal. Some steps that must be completed are getting research on the theme, establishing the theme, knowing how to approach the theme creative wise, and actually completing the treatment. To first start off a treatment, the…

because I have had no reason to believe that a peer-reviewed journal article or an educational or governmental source would lack credibility. Through this journey in my doctoral research and writing class, I have discovered that everything I read may not be fully credible. The discovery is troubling and now I need to learn how to decipher credible and non-credible information and sources. I want all areas of my journey to have credibility and I want my academic discourse community to find my…

Thus, by stating that the policy is flawed and causes problems he is negating the credibility of Wikipedia as a source. Therefore, furthering the notion that Messer-Kruse will not accept Wikipedia as a valid form of research. Moreover, the author concludes his article with a paragraph that sarcastically mentions how maybe in the future his research will finally be…

Primary sources add a different point of view for historical events. With a first-hand account it is easier for a reader to understand more clearly from someone who was present. A secondary source states the event in a more informational way that does not depict as much of a personal emotion. Both documents are valuable and it is important to acknowledge the importance of seeing both primary and secondary documents on a subject. Without primary documents we may end up with a lack of detail and…

Presentism is the the ideal of judging past events based on modern-day morals and values. Author Douglas L. Wilson discusses presentism as a concept that is best used on historical figures due to the drastic changes in social structures and societal expectations. Wilson defends Jefferson, saying that because of certain societal and social notions, Jefferson could not have been expected to free his slaves, and would have actually been doing more harm than good if he had freed them. Wilson…

These secondary sources explore crime history, gender roles, racial histories and relationships, religious interaction and histories, and biographies. Examples of journal articles are Laurel Ulrich Thatcher 's " Wheels, Looms, and Gender Division of Labor in the Eighteenth…

concern more about the truth of the source when the studies happened. If the information that secondary sources brought in has the date before 90’, the information will not be relevant. 1.7.3 Bias Bias is the state of preferring to an opinion because of its characteristic (REF). In this report, Vietnamese society’s perceptions will be taken in discussion. Therefore, bias will be a factor that cannot be avoided. 1.7.4 Reliability Reliability depends mostly on the sources the researcher used…

In short, historians viewed primary sources differently than they view secondary sources. In short, “primary sources are defined as sources that were created or written during the time period in which they reference and can include things like diaries, letters, films, interviews, and even results from research studies” (Primary sources, “n.d.”), In contrast, “secondary sources are sources that analyze primary sources in some way and include things like magazine and journal articles that analyze…

the responses to those events were. And studying history is more than just textbooks. Classically, history relied on primary sources with secondary sources to describe them. In the past 100 years, the study of history has expanded, and historians began to specialize in using other forms of media as well, such as broadcasts and movies. These newer forms of media…