- secondary sources - Glossary Term
In history, accounts about the past that were created after the time being investigated, and which often use or refer to primary sources and present a particular interpretation. Examples of secondary sources include writings of historians, encyclopaedia, documentaries, history textbooks and websites.
In geography, sources of information that have been collected, processed, interpreted and published by others, for example, census data, newspaper articles, and images or information in a published report.