Comment on Wikipeter was the founder of the site in 1993 when he wanted to know more about model trains without having to visit the library
Wikipedia, as well as encyclopedias and textbooks, are secondary sources.
No, they are tertiary sources.
Ahem https://web.archive.org/web/20130627182408/http://www.lib.umd.edu/ues/guides/primary-sources
Very clear.
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias (also considered tertiary);
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias (also considered secondary);
They do have a handy table later though:
| Level | Type |
|-----------|------------------------| | Primary | diaries — world war | | Secondary | biography — world war | | Tertiary | encyclopedia — world war |
Wasn’t arguing I just posted the link to source from the wiki article like my teachers would have wanted 😜
Oh, snap, it is so on!
BigDiction@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Ahem https://web.archive.org/web/20130627182408/http://www.lib.umd.edu/ues/guides/primary-sources
turmacar@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Very clear.
They do have a handy table later though:
| Level | Type |
BigDiction@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Wasn’t arguing I just posted the link to source from the wiki article like my teachers would have wanted 😜
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Oh, snap, it is so on!