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  1. May 16, 2024 · They are called tertiary because they have a third-hand relationship to a given topic: they aren't the immediate witness to what occurred (primary) nor are they analyzing it in maximum depth after the fact (secondary). Instead, tertiary sources take the complexity of primary and secondary discourse and digest it into a more basic form that ...

  2. May 15, 2024 · Sources of information are often considered primary, secondary, or tertiary depending on their originality and their proximity to when the information was created. Consider if it is an original work, or whether it evaluates or comments on the works of others.

    • John Repplinger
    • 2010
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  4. May 16, 2024 · It's important when using primary sources to weigh them against other evidence and to consult the analysis of secondary sources to add context and deeper understanding. Less authoritative: entertainment and television-oriented sources; opinion journalism

  5. May 14, 2024 · The three labels for information sources in this category are, respectively, primary sources, secondary sources, and tertiary sources. Here are examples to illustrate the first- handedness, second-handedness, and third-handedness of information: Primary Source: The novel Amongst Women by author John McGahern.

  6. May 22, 2024 · A tertiary source consolidates and organizes primary and secondary source materials into one source in order to facilitate quick access to information. Tertiary sources are good starting points for research projects because they often extract the essential meaning or most important aspects of large amounts of information into a convenient format.

    • Robert V. Labaree
    • 2009
  7. May 13, 2024 · What are secondary sources? In the sciences secondary sources analyze, interpret, summarize, or evaluate the findings of primary sources. Secondary sources can include any of the following publications: Journal review articles -- A review article summarizes past research on a given topic.

  8. May 12, 2024 · A source may be primary in one context and secondary in another. What determines whether it's a primary source is both the discipline and the research question. For example this article, South Persia and the Great War , was published in 1921 and provides a history of the war (a secondary source).