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THIST 410 Early American Politics and Law: The American Revolution: Secondary Sources

What is a secondary source?

Secondary sources analyze a scholarly question and often use primary sources as evidence.

Secondary sources include books and articles about a topic. They may include lists of sources, i.e. bibliographies, that may lead you to other primary or secondary sources.

Databases help you identify articles in scholarly journals or books on a particular topic.

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Books as secondary sources

Books as secondary sources