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Managing secondary sources(Seminar 3) (What is secondary source? (EX…
Managing secondary sources(Seminar 3)
What is secondary source?
documents or recordings that relate or discuss information originally presented elsewhere
drawn up after the time period that it deals with.
EX
books
papers
Web pages
proceedings
Searching for secondary sources
Cumulative Bibliography (IsisCB)
LINK:
https://data.isiscb.org/
Best source
provides only references to secondary sources, not secondary
sources themselves.
not all the potential secondary sources are equally valid
Estimating the quality of secondary sources
Formal
journal in an index
most prestigious indexes
Web of Science
Journal Citation Reports
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Scopus
The public existence of strict norms of publication, including the practice of peer review
General
A systematic and exhaustive reference to primary and secondary sources used by the author or authors
peer-review
at least two reference
previously the final publishing of the research
required an authentication provided by your academic institution
Choosing secondary sources
What should we read
reviews and bibliographic essays for books
abstracts and keywords for journal articles
in open access on some databases
especially, on the own web pages of the journals
Obtaining secondary sources
Some have open access in Internet. For the rest, ask for them in our university library.
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
Reading and interpreting secondary sources
We must express our discrepancies and disagreements, with politeness and contributing evidences to back up our own opinion
Open to discussion
A good secondary sources
valuable information about the contexts
essential aspect in historical enquiry.
fresh perspectives
exploration of new or neglected terrains in history
new methodologies