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Tertiary Information Sources

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The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Interest Groups, Lobbying and Public Affairs

Definition

Tertiary sources are aggregations of other sources. They can include collections such as: abstracts, almanacs, bibliographies, dictionaries, directories, factbooks, handbooks, indexes, manuals, and textbooks, among others.

Introduction

Understanding how best to use tertiary sources can help complement Interest Groups, Lobbyists, and Public Affairs (IG, L, and PA) practitioners’ research abilities. Tertiary sources are valuable for those beginning to research a new topic to those looking to do a deeper dive on complex materials. Tertiary sources are best used when learning and resource collection are key objectives of the involved task. This could be helpful in kick-starting a research project or providing a framework for how to accomplish a given objective. This entry will focus on defining the various types of tertiary sources as well as inform how they compare to their primary, secondary, and social source counterparts.

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  • Carroll, A., Brown, J., & Buchholtz, A. K. (2017). Business & society: Ethics, sustainability & stakeholder management (10th ed.). South Melbourne: Cengage ISBN: 9781305959828.

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  • Harris, P., & Fleisher, C. S. (Eds.). (2017). The SAGE handbook of international corporate and public affairs. London: Sage Publications ISBN: 1446276112.

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  • Harris, P., & Fleisher, C. S. (Eds.). (2005). Handbook of public affairs. London: Sage Publications ASIN: B07Z51QZLN.

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  1. Aurora WDC, Madison, WI, USA

    Austin Fleisher & Lacey MacLean

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  1. Austin Fleisher
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  1. Business Research Institute, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Phil Harris

  2. Universita della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland

    Alberto Bitonti

  3. Aurora WDC, Madison, WI, USA

    Craig S. Fleisher

  4. Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark

    Anne Skorkjær Binderkrantz

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  1. Aurora WDC, Madison, WI, USA

    Craig S. Fleisher

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Fleisher, A., MacLean, L. (2021). Tertiary Information Sources. In: Harris, P., Bitonti, A., Fleisher, C.S., Skorkjær Binderkrantz, A. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Interest Groups, Lobbying and Public Affairs . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13895-0_176-1

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