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  2. Secondary source - Wikipedia

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    Scipione Amati's History of the Kingdom of Woxu (1615), an example of a secondary source. In scholarship, a secondary source [1] [2] is a document or recording that relates or discusses information originally presented elsewhere. A secondary source contrasts with a primary, or original, source of the information being discussed. A primary ...

  3. Secondary research - Wikipedia

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    Secondary research involves the summary, collation and/or synthesis of existing research. Secondary research is contrasted with primary research in that primary research involves the generation of data, whereas secondary research uses primary research sources as a source of data for analysis. [1] A notable marker of primary research is the ...

  4. Wikipedia : Identifying reliable sources (science)

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    Primary sources may be used when discussing recent research directions or a particular result. When citing a primary source, be especially mindful of the policy on undue weight, as primary sources are more prone to misuse than secondary or tertiary sources. An individual primary source should never be cited or juxtaposed so as to "debunk" or ...

  5. Secondary data - Wikipedia

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    Secondary data refers to data that is collected by someone other than the primary user. [1] Common sources of secondary data for social science include censuses, information collected by government departments, organizational records and data that was originally collected for other research purposes. [2]

  6. Wikipedia:Identifying and using primary sources - Wikipedia

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    Among genealogists, a primary source comes from a direct witness, a secondary source comes from second-hand information or hearsay told to others by witnesses, and tertiary sources can represent either a further link in the chain or an analysis, summary, or distillation of primary and/or secondary sources. In this system, an elderly woman's ...

  7. Wikipedia : Primary Secondary and Tertiary Sources

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    These examples demonstrate why primary, secondary, and tertiary source definitions can be difficult for some editors to grasp, and a source for contention. While it is useful to grasp these distinctions, it is most important to just keep focused on using these sources in a manner which does not involve original research.

  8. Wikipedia:Classification of sources - Wikipedia

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    Any source can be either a primary or secondary source, depending on how it is used. For example, if an author compiles research data from several scientists into a table for comparison, she is a secondary source with respect to that data. However, she might also make original conclusions about that data.

  9. Source text - Wikipedia

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    This includes published accounts, published works, or published research. For example, a history book drawing upon diary and newspaper records. Tertiary sources are compilations based upon primary and secondary sources. [1] [8] [3] These are sources which, on average, do not fall into the above two levels. They consist of generalized research ...