In secondary sources, authors analyze and interpret primary source materials. 

Secondary sources can be scholarly or popular.  Scholarly sources (sometimes called "academic" or "peer-reviewed" sources) are written by and for experts and typically include bibliographies and citations.  Popular sources are written for a general, non-expert audience and can be authored by anyone.

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Tip:  When you find a secondary source that is especially useful for your research project, look at its full record in Primo to find its Library of Congress Subject Headings.  Click on one of them and you'll find every other book that shares that same subject heading.