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What is a secondary source?

What is a secondary source? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (scholarly studies) A written commentary which discusses previously produced original work of another author, especially a notable author.
  2. (historiography) A study of past events or a past author written from the perspective of a later period of time; a document that draws on one or more historical primary sources and interprets or analyses them, including documents such as newspapers whose accuracy is open to question.
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How often do you check with a secondary source to try to validate whether or not a rumor is true?
It is not normally acceptable to use a single, peer reviewed secondary source with no further supporting evidence.
However, the Court notes that the article in Le Monde is only a secondary source.
They fed Cairo's organic waste to the animals, whose meat provided a good secondary source of income.
However, jurisprudence is no longer so much of a secondary source in Quebec.
What makes an object a primary source or a secondary source often depends on how you use it.

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