Evaluating Sources

Find out who is providing the content and why. Get information from different sources. Be skeptical.

Primary, secondary & tertiary sources (Yale.edu)

Find & Discover: Primary, secondary & tertiary sources (Yale.edu)
Primary (first hand - personal experiences) are original materials - ideas or data - on which other research is based.
Secondary (second hand - did not happen to you) are interpretations and evaluations of primary information sources.
Tertiary (3rd hand) a distillation and collection of primary and secondary information sources.

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Last Updated: Jul 5, 2025 2:41 PM
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