Facts provided or learned about something or someone
Common methods of gathering information
Listening
Reading
Interviews
Questioning
Questionnaires
Observation
Study of existing reports
News reports
Found in newspapers, televisions or radios, aim to inform the readers of what is happening in the world around them
Speech
Formal address or discourse delivered to an audience
Informative talks
Educate the audience on a particular topic, help the audience understand a subject better and remember what they learned later
Panel discussion
Live or virtual discussion about a specific topic amongst a selected group of panelists who share differing perspectives in front of a large audience
Primary source
Provides direct or first-hand information about an event, person, object or work of art, original materials which have not been interpreted, condensed or evaluated by a second party
Secondary source
Offers an analysis or restatement of primary sources, materials which summarize, interpret, reorganize or otherwise provide an added value to a primary source
Tertiary source
Lists, compiles or indexes primary and secondary information sources, used to look up facts or get a general idea about something
Primary sources
Diary
Interview
Secondary sources
Documentary film
Textbook
The specific types of primary, secondary and tertiary information sources used when writing a paper depends upon the subject of the paper
