Facts

• Can be proven
• Are concrete
• Should present all sides of an issue.
• Are usually based on facts.
• Often times, experts in a field can speak objectively about an issue.

• Are based on what seems to be true.
• Are based on personal views and judgment
• Are often the opinions of an individual or group.
• Presents some kind of analysis of the facts.

Primary Information

• Is created at the time when something occurred.
• Are the original documents or research conducted in a field of study.
• Is information in its original form that has not been published anywhere else and no one has interpreted it or translated it.

Secondary Information

• Has been removed in some way from its original (primary) source and repackaged.
• Is information that has been analyzed, interpreted, translated or examined in some way.