A tertiary source provides a broad overview of a topic. It should not show an open bias or opinion about the topic, and rarely includes references to source material. Often there is no author indicated.
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Websites (free to everyone)
In Noodletools: cite these sources as Website > Web page
A secondary source is a journal article written by a content expert and supported with relevant, cited primary sources.
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Be sure to include volume & issue number, and date of publication
Academic journal articles are rarely found on websites - it is much easier to use the databases that we pay for.
A primary source is a document that dates from the time of a historical event.
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In Noodletools: cite these as Database > (select the specific type of source)
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