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ENGL B2: American Progressive Era: Finding Secondary Sources--Articles

This guide was created for Professors Eagan and Llamas' ENGL B2 assignment analyzing history & literature from the American Progressive Era and finding primary sources.

Finding Secondary Historical Sources

For historical information that isn't a primary source, you can use secondary sources. Secondary sources are works that analyze, assess or interpret a historical event, era, or phenomenon. Unlike primary sources, secondary sources are written well after the historical event/era/phenomenon takes place. For example, a book published in 2020 analyzing the effects of the women's movement during the Progressive Era on American society is considered a secondary source. 

Secondary sources can be articles, books, videos, etc.

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