What is

Secondary
Sources?
 Secondary sources are
anything that concerns
about the past and comes
afterwards like text
books, movies, books,
encyclopedias, and
reviews.
 Secondary sources tells
you about an event but is
from a time after the
event. A secondary source
usually talks about primary
sources.
• Evaluations of primary sources
• Are written by authors who do not
personally experience the event or action
• Books which Provides a summary of events
or synthesize information from many
primary sources.
• Anything that interprets the original work
can be considered secondary sources
• Secondary sources are interpretations,
reviews, analysis of the past based on
primary source
How it can be
used?
• It can be use in background
information and
understand the scope of a
topic.
• To see what others have
discussed or get opinions.