no banana@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-213 days agoWikipeter founded the website in 1993 when he wanted to know more about model trains without having to visit the library lemmy.worldimagemessage-square80linkfedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down13
arrow-up1122arrow-down1imageWikipeter founded the website in 1993 when he wanted to know more about model trains without having to visit the library lemmy.worldno banana@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-213 days agomessage-square80linkfedilink
minus-squareonehundredsixtynine@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 days ago Wikipedia, as well as encyclopedias and textbooks, are secondary sources. No, they are tertiary sources.
minus-squareBigDiction@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoAhem https://web.archive.org/web/20130627182408/http://www.lib.umd.edu/ues/guides/primary-sources
minus-squareturmacar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·13 days agoVery clear. Secondary examples include: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias (also considered tertiary); Tertiary examples include: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias (also considered secondary); They do have a handy table later though: | Primary | diaries - world war | | Secondary | biography - world war | | Tertiary | encyclopedia - world war |
minus-squareBigDiction@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 days agoWasn’t arguing I just posted the link to source from the wiki article like my teachers would have wanted 😜
No, they are tertiary sources.
Ahem https://web.archive.org/web/20130627182408/http://www.lib.umd.edu/ues/guides/primary-sources
Very clear.
They do have a handy table later though:
Wasn’t arguing I just posted the link to source from the wiki article like my teachers would have wanted 😜