What is a Tertiary Source?
You will only use tertiary sources in Step 1 of your Research Project. Tertiary sources, often referred to as reference, or background materials, provide broad information to help you settle on a topic.
Tertiary sources include:
- Encyclopedias
- Bibliographies
- Indexes
- Textbooks
- Book reviews
- Other reference resources
Finding Tertiary Sources- Credo Reference & More
Credo Reference helps you start your research in American history with timelines, histories of the US as a whole and by state or region, and introductions to key historical events.
NOTE- Credo Reference has a link to JSTOR database, which is a great source for scholarly secondary sources.
Also-
The library subscibes to many other databases which may be useful in finding background information, in addtion to Credo Reference