Tertiary source

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A tertiary source is an index or textual consolidation of already published Primary source and Primary, secondary and tertiary sources. ". University Libraries, University of Maryland. Retrieve 07/26/2013 that does not provide additional interpretations or analysis of the sources." Tertiary sources ". James Cook University. Some tertiary sources can be used as an aid to find key (seminal) sources, key terms, general common knowledge" Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Resources". University of New Haven. and established mainstream science on a topic. The exact definition of tertiary varies by academic field.

Research standards generally do not accept tertiary sources such as as citations, although are frequently cited rather than the original publication.

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Overlap with secondary sources Depending on the topic of research, a scholar may use a bibliography, dictionary, or encyclopedia as either a tertiary or a secondary source. This causes some difficulty in defining many sources as either one type or the other.

In some academic disciplines, the differentiation between a secondary and tertiary source is relative.

In the UNISIST model, a secondary source is a bibliography, whereas a tertiary source is a synthesis of primary sources.

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Types of tertiary sources

As tertiary sources, encyclopedias, dictionaries, some , and compendium attempt to summarize, collect, and consolidate the source materials into an overview without adding analysis and synthesis of new conclusions.

Indexes, Bibliography, concordances, and databases are aggregates of primary and secondary sources and therefore often considered tertiary sources. They may also serve as a point of access to the full or partial text of primary and secondary sources. , guide book, , and are also examples of tertiary sources.

Wikipedia is a tertiary source.

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See also

• Source text
• Third-party source

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