Secondary sources are documents based on the analysis of primary sources. These are works that critique, comment on, or build upon primary sources. They interpret and analyze primary sources, and provide the context needed to understand primary sources.
Secondary sources may be in print or electronic formats including:
- analysis/analyses
- commentaries
- criticism
- editorials
- histories
- Interpretations
- reviews
Most scholarly journal articles are secondary sources which provide analysis, interpretation, or evaluation.
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