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Begin Research: Check Your Understanding

Check Your Understanding

See if you can select the example of each source type below.

Tertiary Source

✖ This is a secondary source

  
✖ This is a primary source

  
✔ Yes! This is correct.

Primary Source

✖ This is a secondary source

  
✖ This is a tertiary source

  
✔ Yes! This is correct.

Secondary Source

✔ Yes! This is correct.

  
✖ This is a tertiary source

  
✖ This is a tertiary source

Primary Source

✖ This is a secondary source

  
✔ Yes! This is correct.

  
✖ This is a tertiary source

Secondary Source

✖ This is a primary source

  
✖ This is a primary source

  
✔ Yes! This is correct.

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