Secondary sources are scholarly monographs or articles that are based on primary source data and analyze, critique, report, summarize, interpret, or restructure that data. They can also be based on a reading of other secondary sources or a combination of primary source data and secondary sources.
Examples of secondary sources include:
- reference books such as encyclopedias, bibliographies, handbooks, etc.
- reviews
- textbooks
- most scholarly books
- most journal and magazine articles