Definition and Example of a Secondary Source about World War 2

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Definition and Example of a Secondary Source about World War II
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A secondary source refers to research that has already been conducted by another author on a given subject. Information from secondary sources is created later by authors who did not participate or get involved first-hand in the events or situations presented. The use of secondary sources relies on the conclusions made by experts on the research subject. The authors presenting information from secondary sources, analyze the past accounts created by other experts.[Winton Solber, University of Illinois, 1894-1904: The shaping of the University (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2000), 2]
Secondary sources can be used for general research projects and may include scholarly articles and books. While articles are considered to be primary sources, they are treated as secondary sources when they are written after an actual event or a research study. Other important sources of secondary references include encyclopedias.[John Hamilton, Primary and secondary sources (Minnesota: ABDO Publishing Company, 2015), 8]
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