Tertiary source

A tertiary source is an index or textual consolidation of already published primary and secondary sources^[1] that does not provide additional interpretations or analysis of the sources.^[2]^[3] Some tertiary sources can be used as an aid to find key (seminal) sources, key terms, general common knowledge^[4] and established mainstream science on a topic. The exact definition of tertiary varies by academic field.

Academic research standards generally do not accept tertiary sources such as encyclopedias as citations,^[4] although survey articles are frequently cited rather than the original publication.

^ Primary, secondary and tertiary sources. Archived 2013-07-03 at the Wayback Machine". University Libraries, University of Maryland. Retrieve 07/26/2013
^ "Tertiary Information Sources". Old Dominion University -- ODU Libraries. September 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
^ "Tertiary sources Archived 2014-11-06 at the Wayback Machine". James Cook University.
^ ^a ^b "Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Resources". University of New Haven.

[umd-1] Primary, secondary and tertiary sources. Archived 2013-07-03 at the Wayback Machine". University Libraries, University of Maryland. Retrieve 07/26/2013

[2] "Tertiary Information Sources". Old Dominion University -- ODU Libraries. September 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2013.

[JCU-3] "Tertiary sources Archived 2014-11-06 at the Wayback Machine". James Cook University.

[newhaven-4] "Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Resources". University of New Haven.

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