Secondary Research

Secondary Research

Secondary research is a method of analysing information from prewritten information e.g. Books,/websites/articles/images and other pre-written documents.

Advantages

Books are a very important and valuable resource for secondary research. Books provide facts and a good amount of knowledge; the most important point about books is that they go into a large amount of detail. They also provide the right information that is needed and can be reliable. You will find that most books are written by people who are specialised in their chosen subjects.  Books are easy to access and there is no charge to enter a Library.

Using the Internet to find websites can be quick and easy to gather information. The access is quick and the results are instant. Websites also give reasonable amounts of information, such as Google Schalor. Google Schalor will help people search the specific articles and citations from eBooks.

Disadvantages

The disadvantages of books are; that they are time consuming, you also may not be able to find the correct information you are searching for. Certain books can also be difficult to locate. Using books could also be quite aggravating just by losing the page that you were reading and might be possible to lose the book. Many books that you find in the Library can be out of date. This can cause a problem due to changes, such as technology and policies.

Disadvantages of the internet/websites can be; that the information that you have received from websites could be false information e.g. Wikipedia can provide faults information, because anyone can change it at anytime. A numerous amount of websites could also be irrelevant to the subject that you are researching. The information that you research can also be false. Attempting to gather information from the Internet could lead to you getting distracted by pop-ups/YouTube/Facebook.