Sourcing and Evaluating Tertiary Literature in Your Research
Tertiary sources of information are based on a collection of primary and secondary sources. They compile, index, or organize information from primary and secondary sources. In a research paper, the author may choose to use tertiary sources in order to provide an overview of information gathered from primary and secondary sources but does not provide original interpretations or analysis. Not all sources are created equal when it comes to reliability, validity and general usefulness as research. Tertiary sources can be…