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tertiary source

n. (context historiography English) A selection, distillation, summary or compilation of primary sources, secondary sources, or both.

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Tertiary source

A tertiary source is an index and/or textual consolidation of primary and secondary sources. Some tertiary sources are not to be used for academic research, unless they can also be used as secondary sources, or to find other sources.