Students should use both primary and secondary sources for their research.

Primary sources refer to the novels, poems, stories, plays or essays by the author whose work is the focus

of the student’s research.

Secondary sources are scholarly works about:

• the primary author’s work and biography

• the genre the student is focusing on

• literary techniques.

Secondary sources include:

• books

• academic journal articles

• edited essays in book collections

• reviews incorporated in the publication that is the focus of the student’s research.