Is it a Primary or Secondary Source?
Subject |
Primary |
Secondary |
Art and Architecture |
Painting by Georgia O'Keefe |
Article critiquing art piece |
Physical/Life Sciences |
Jane Goodall's Autobiography |
Meg Greene's: Jane Goodall: a Biography |
Engineering/Physical Sciences |
Patent |
NTIS database |
Humanities |
Letters by Martin Luther King, Jr |
Web site on King's writings |
Social Sciences |
Notes taken by clinical psychologist |
Magazine article about the psychological condition |
Performing Arts |
Movie filmed in 1942 |
Biography of the director |
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