Depending on your research question, you may need to seek information by conducting a survey, interviewing key people related to your topic, or observing events. Investigations that take place outside the library are commonly called
Primary research constitutes raw data collected from the field. This is data gotten directly from the source such as when a researcher may have to conduct surveys with questionnaires, interview people or like the example above, observe events. This type of research is usually conducted openly and outside the library. It is opposed to secondary research which gets information from analysed and interpreted information such as the ones we may get in a library.
