Research Guides: Modern Languages: Tertiary Sources

Tertiary Sources

Tertiary sources are publications that summarize and digest the information in primary and secondary sources to provide background on a topic, idea, or event. Encyclopedias, textbooks, and biographical dictionaries are good examples of tertiary sources.

Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Full-text multidisciplinary encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference titles. Limited to five simultaneous users.
Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary collection of full-text reference ebooks.
Dictionary of Literary Biography This link opens in a new window
Full-text entries from biographical sources and directories for writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, and other fields.

Loyola University Chicago Libraries

Modern Languages

Tertiary Sources