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Primary and Secondary Sources: Social Sciences

  • Census data
  • Survey data (66)

Booth, Wayne C., et al. The Craft of Research. 4th ed., U of Chicago P, 2016

"Primary sources are the complete recorded findings of individual studies, sometimes found in monographs or scholarly journals" (52).

Northey, Margot, et al. Making Sense: A Student's Guide to Research and Writing: Social Sciences. 6th ed., Oxford UP, 2015