secondary source

English

Noun

secondary source (plural secondary sources)

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.

Synonyms

• secondary work

Related terms

• primary source
• tertiary source

Translations

(historiography) document that draws on primary sources

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: secundaire bron f
• Finnish: sekundäärilähde (fi)
• French: source secondaire f
• Georgian: მეორადი წყარო (meoradi c̣q̇aro)
• German: Sekundärquelle f
• Polish: źródło wtórne n
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

See also

• secondary research