Skip to Main Content

Guttman College Home | Guttman Library

Art

What's the difference between Primary and Secondary Sources?

Primary Sources: provide direct or firsthand evidence about an event, object, person, or work of art. 

Secondary Sources:  describe, discuss, interpret, comment upon, analyze, evaluate, summarize, and process primary sources.

Primary Source Examples:

Newspaper Clippings 

Interviews

Theater Reviews                                                           

Playbills

Prints and Photographs             

Posters

Plays

 

Secondary Source Examples:

Biographies 

Criticism and analysis of the work/adaptations/production

Articles about the work

Websites on the playwright or play