Question

How secondary sources important in historical study?

Answer 1

sᴄʜᴏʟᴀʀs ᴡʀɪᴛɪɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʜɪsᴛᴏʀɪᴄᴀʟ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛs, ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ, ᴏʙᴊᴇᴄᴛs, ᴏʀ ɪᴅᴇᴀs ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴇ sᴇᴄᴏɴᴅᴀʀʏ sᴏᴜʀᴄᴇs ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ʜᴇʟᴘ ᴇxᴘʟᴀɪɴ ɴᴇᴡ ᴏʀ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ᴘᴏsɪᴛɪᴏɴs ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴅᴇᴀs ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴘʀɪᴍᴀʀʏ sᴏᴜʀᴄᴇs. ᴛʜᴇsᴇ sᴇᴄᴏɴᴅᴀʀʏ sᴏᴜʀᴄᴇs ɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ sᴄʜᴏʟᴀʀʟʏ ʙᴏᴏᴋs, ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅɪɴɢ ᴛᴇxᴛʙᴏᴏᴋs, ᴀʀᴛɪᴄʟᴇs, ᴇɴᴄʏᴄʟᴏᴘᴇᴅɪᴀs, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀɴᴛʜᴏʟᴏɢɪᴇs.

Answer 2

Answer:

Scholars writing about historical events, people, objects, or ideas produce secondary sources because they help explain new or different positions and ideas about primary sources. These secondary sources generally scholarly books, including textbooks, articles, encyclopedias, and anthologies.