AFRS 1501: Survey of African American Experience

Most reference resources are considered "tertiary" souce materials. These books and websites provide background information and an overview and analysis of a subject or concept.

Tertiary souirces have been compiled from secondary sources. Unlike a secondary source book or journal article, tertiary sources are not intended to be read in their entirety. Instead, they are most often used to clarify terms and concepts about a particular topic. Tertiary sources include:

• Almanacs and Factbooks
• Bibliographies*
• Chronologies
• Dictionaries and Encyclopedias*
• Directories
• Guidebooks
• Indexes and Abstracts
• Manuals
• Textbooks*

*Also considered secondary

[Image Source: Il Gazzettiere Americano contenente un distinto ragguaglio di tutte parti del Nuovo mondo . . . (Livorno, 1763), vol. 2, p. 111 (first Italian edition of the American Gazetteer [London, 1762]). (Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library)]