Library:Research Skills For Engineering Students/Module 02/Page 07

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The ability to identify different types of sources will allow you to place resources you find in context.

The products of new ideas and research are published in primary sources, which are then summarized or evaluated in secondary sources. Because of this, research is often discussed in terms of a cycle - reading about a subject might spark a new idea, thus beginning the research process all over again. Here you can see an engineering research cycle, including where primary and secondary sources fall in the process.

For more information, see Scholarly vs. Popular Sources from UBC Library.