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4 days ago · Examples of secondary documents are textbooks, encyclopedias, and journal articles that interpret events, discuss data, or review the literature on a topic. In fact, many publications found in academic libraries (outside of special sections such as archives, newspaper rooms, literature collections, etc.) are secondary sources.
6 days ago · encyclopedias; magazine articles; biographies written after someone's death; newspaper articles analyzing a past event; books written about a historical topic; Secondary sources summarize, evaluate, and analytically interpret primary material, often by offering a personal perspective. Use secondary sources to see what others have discussed.
- Angela Davis
- 2020
6 days ago · Secondary information sources summarize and structure the information in primary sources, and help you find them. These might be course books, in which researchers refer to their own research or that of other researchers, or encyclopedias. When you write your thesis and refer to an information source, it means your thesis is a secondary source.
- Janne Nyström
- 2020
5 days ago · Primary sources are used within the humanities and social sciences as well as in the sciences. In the field of science, a primary source could be an original report of an experiment, observation or finding. Examples of primary sources: Government documents such as The Constitution of the United States. Creative works such as Margaret Atwood's ...
- Molly Tighe
- 2014
3 days ago · Scholars produce research, write articles (also called a manuscripts) about their research, and then send their work to a scholarly journal. The editor (or editors) of that journal remove the name from the manuscript and sends it to experts in the field to review.
- David Davisson
- 2014
4 days ago · The meaning of ENCYCLOPAEDIA is chiefly British spellings of encyclopedia.
4 days ago · Students must know that encyclopedias are a comprehensive source of information that provides summaries of specific topics. Teachers should clarify that encyclopedias are organized alphabetically, making it easier to search for and locate relevant information. Second, students need guidance on how to use the encyclopedia.
