Information Systems

Secondary

Primary

Directly from a source, such as an equipment manufacture or actual audience

Examples:

Interviews

Video footage

Diaries

First-hand accounts

Photos

Original works

Relics

Autobiographies

Official records

Obtaining information 'first hand' which is an original source and is therefore reliable.

Obtained second hand or where somebody else has already put their own interpretation on the original information.

Examples

Magazine articles

Encyclopaedias

History textbooks

Reports

Second-hand accounts

Other people's products

Commentries

News broadcasts

Biographies

Indirectly sourced such as forums, reviews opinions from users.