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SNAH Library Orientation

Primary sources

The videos below will help you learn what primary and secondary sources are. This will help you prepare to use our databases by learning what type of resources you need.

Finding Primary (Empirical) Research

Primary research (also refered to as empirical research) is explained in this video.

Primary (original) vs. Secondary

Primary research is also referred to as original or empirical research. Secondary research might also be referred to as a review article. Both are explained in this video.

Source: Rebecca Crown