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Secondary source
A secondary source is a document or recording that writes or speaks about information that is one step removed from the original source.[1]
The secondary source depends on the primary source or original source of the information. Secondary sources interpret, evaluate or discuss information found in primary sources.[2] In historiography, a secondary source is a study written by a scholar about a topic. Secondary sources frequently cite primary sources and other secondary sources.[3] They rarely cite tertiary sources.[3]
- ↑ Randall VanderMey et al 2014. The College writer: a guide to thinking, writing, and researching. Stamford, CT: Cengage, p. 402.
- ↑ Roger Sapsford & Victor Jupp (eds) 2006. Data collection and analysis. London: SAGE, p. 142.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 F. Allan Hanson 2007. The trouble with culture: how computers are calming the culture wars. Albany: State University of New York, p. 79
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