Resource Guides: HIST: World History Research: Locating Information: Types of Sources

Milton Academic Integrity

Type of Source	Definition	Examples
Reference Source*	type of Secondary Source offers a summary or review of a subject *often called tertiary source	Dictionary Encyclopedia Almanacs
Secondary Source	written by someone who did not witness the event created by interpreting and analyzing Primary Sources	Textbooks Histories Reviews
Primary Source	eyewitness account of an event/place etc...	Letters Diaries Autobiographies

Type of Source

Definition

Examples

Reference Source*

*often called tertiary source

Secondary Source

Primary Source