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Secondary source

In scholarship, a secondary source is a document or recording that relates or discusses information originally presented elsewhere. A secondary source contrasts with a primary, or original, source of the information being discussed. A primary source can be a person with direct knowledge of a situation or it may be a document created by such a person.

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Classification of sources

Secondary literature

Science, technology, and medicine

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Map overview Semantic statistics

Secondary source

Nodes48
Edges47
Triples36
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.041667
Components1

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Secondary source

Top relations

related to Science, technology, and medicine · 9
Secondary source → An, Conclusions, IMRAD, In, Methods, Primary, Purpose, Results, This
related to Secondary literature · 8
Secondary source → English, For, German, Goethe's Faust, Primärquelle, Sekundärliteratur, Sekundärquelle, Some
related to history · 7
Secondary source → Following, German, In, Most, Rankean, Secondary, The
related to Classification of sources · 5
Secondary source → And, For, Further, Making, Other
is a · 2
Secondary source → document or recording that relates or discusses information originally presented elsewhere, record or statement of an event or circumstance made by a non-eyewitness or by someone not closely connected with the event or circumstances
related to Library and information science · 1
Secondary source → In
related to Mathematics · 1
Secondary source → An

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Important terminology

secondary source primary sources information may original history classification example document articles isbn context study historical field model scientific research

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Secondary sourceis adocument or recording that relates or discusses information originally presented elsewhere0.90text
Secondary sourceis arecord or statement of an event or circumstance made by a non-eyewitness or by someone not closely connected with the event or circumstances0.90text
librariesinstance ofThe system also comprises institutions0.80text
research institutesinstance ofThe system also comprises institutions0.80text
and publishersinstance ofThe system also comprises institutions0.80text
Secondary sourcerelated to Classification of sourcesMaking0.60section
Secondary sourcerelated to Classification of sourcesAnd0.60section
Secondary sourcerelated to Classification of sourcesFor0.60section
Secondary sourcerelated to Classification of sourcesOther0.60section
Secondary sourcerelated to Classification of sourcesFurther0.60section
Secondary sourcerelated to historySecondary0.60section
Secondary sourcerelated to historyIn0.60section

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