Jennifer, who is writing an essay on frederick douglass, looks up his information on wikipedia to get a better understanding of the background of the topic. she does not include the wikipedia source in her essay, but she does use the references section of wikipedia to access a few scholarly articles. what type of source is this given her topic

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Not referencing Wikipedia in her essay but using the references section to access scholarly articles makes Wikipedia a tertiary source. Wikipedia entries are meant to organize and summarize information, which is the definition of a tertiary source.