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| - | In [[historiography|historical scholarship]], a '''secondary source''' is a work of history written as a [[synthesis|synthetic]] account, usually based on [[primary source]]s and other secondary sources. Most scholarly historical [[monograph]]s published today are secondary sources. Ideal secondary sources are usually characterized as both reporting events in the past as well as performing the function of [[generalization]], analysis, synthesis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of the events. An example of a secondary source is a history text book used in schools. {{GFDL}} | + | In [[historiography|historical scholarship]], a '''secondary source''' is a work of history written as a [[synthesis|synthetic]] account, usually based on [[primary source]]s and other secondary sources. Most scholarly historical [[monograph]]s published today are secondary sources. Ideal secondary sources are usually characterized as both reporting events in the past as well as performing the function of [[generalization]], analysis, synthesis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of the events. An example of a secondary source is a history text book used in schools. |
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | *[[Source text]] | ||
| + | *[[Primary source]] | ||
| + | *[[Tertiary source]] | ||
| + | *[[In praise of secondary literature]] | ||
| + | *[[Paratext]] | ||
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In historical scholarship, a secondary source is a work of history written as a synthetic account, usually based on primary sources and other secondary sources. Most scholarly historical monographs published today are secondary sources. Ideal secondary sources are usually characterized as both reporting events in the past as well as performing the function of generalization, analysis, synthesis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of the events. An example of a secondary source is a history text book used in schools.
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