Tertiary sources generally provide an overview or summary of a topic and may contain both primary and secondary sources. The information is displayed as entirely factual, and does not include analysis or critique.
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NoodleTools Citation for Britannica
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Secondary sources represent the ideas and scholarship of others about events, people, works, or topics. They interpret, analyze, describe, or evaluate primary and/or other secondary sources.
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Primary sources are original artifacts or documents.
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