Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources Quiz

Primary sources are records of events or evidence as they are first described or actually happened without any ______ or commentary.

Theses, dissertations, and scholarly journal articles are examples of ______ sources.

Secondary sources offer an analysis or restatement of ______ sources.

Determining if a source is primary, secondary or tertiary can be ______.

Tertiary material is often considered to be further removed from the ______ or origin.

Examples of Secondary Sources: Textbooks, edited works, books and articles that interpret or review research works, histories, biographies, literary criticism and interpretation, reviews of law and legislation, political analyses and ______.

Tertiary Sources These are sources that index, abstract, organize, compile, or digest other sources.Some reference materials and textbooks are considered tertiary sources when their chief purpose is to list, summarize or simply repackage ideas or other information.Tertiary sources are usually not credited to a particular ______.

Examples of Tertiary Sources: Dictionaries/encyclopedias (may also be secondary), almanacs, fact books, ______ (may also be secondary), directories, guidebooks, manuals, handbooks, and textbooks (may be secondary), indexing and abstracting sources.

Some reference materials and textbooks are considered tertiary sources when their chief purpose is to list, summarize or simply repackage ideas or other ______.

Tertiary sources are usually not credited to a ______ author.