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Module 4 Lesson 1

Three main sources of information are indigenous knowledge, libraries, and the Internet. Indigenous knowledge is traditional knowledge passed down orally or through rituals from generation to generation. Libraries provide books, media, and online information that people can access for reading, borrowing, or research. The Internet is a global network connecting computers that transmits stored files and documents between them. Information sources can also be classified as primary, secondary, or tertiary based on their level of analysis and filtering of original information.

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Module 4 Lesson 1

Three main sources of information are indigenous knowledge, libraries, and the Internet. Indigenous knowledge is traditional knowledge passed down orally or through rituals from generation to generation. Libraries provide books, media, and online information that people can access for reading, borrowing, or research. The Internet is a global network connecting computers that transmits stored files and documents between them. Information sources can also be classified as primary, secondary, or tertiary based on their level of analysis and filtering of original information.

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Media and

Information
Sources
MODULE 4 | LESSON 1
MEDIA AND INFORMATION SOURCES

In searching for information, one needs help in locating appropriate and reliable sources while
also having access to them.
Three main sources of information:
•Indigenous knowledge
•Libraries
•The Internet

In many instances, sources of information are also classified as primary, secondary, and tertiary.
A. Indigenous Knowledge
Indigenous knowledge is the distinctive knowledge kept to a
specific group of people. Local knowledge, folk knowledge,
people’s knowledge, traditional wisdom, or traditional science
are other terms used for it (Senanayak, 2006).
According to Brouwers (1993), indigenous knowledge is
“generated through a systematic process of observing local
conditions, experimenting with solutions, and readapting
previously identified solutions to modified environmental, socio-
economic and technological situations.”
Indigenous knowledge is transferred from one generation to
another, either orally (oral tradition) or through cultural rituals.
Oral traditions involve legends, folktales, epics, myths, and folk
songs.
A. Indigenous Knowledge
Dewalt (1994) identified certain features of indigenous
knowledge that are highly relevant in conservation and
sustainable growth:
•Locally appropriate.
•Restraint in resource exploitation.
•Diversified production systems.
•Respect for nature.
•Human dependence on nature for survival.
•Flexibility.
•Social responsibility.
B. Library
A library is “a building, room, or organization that has a
collection, especially of books, music, and information
that can be accessed by computer for people to read, use,
or borrow.”

Most libraries offer the following services:


•User services function in linking people to the
information they are looking for.
•Technical services function in gathering, cataloging, and
preparing library materials.
B. Library
•Computer services function in maintaining databases,
software programming, web page design, and computer
hardware maintenance in the library.
•Administrative services function in managing the library
and services, conveying contracts with sellers,
supervising library employees, and preparing budgets.
B. Library
CLASSIFICATION OF LIBRARY
•Academic libraries serve colleges and universities.

•Public libraries serve cities and towns of all types.

•School libraries serve students from Kindergarten to


Grade 12.
•Special libraries are located in specific environments
(e.g., hospitals, corporations, museums, military, private
business).
C. Internet
The Internet is “a global computer network providing a
variety of information and communication facilities,
consisting of interconnected networks using standardized
communication protocols.”

Internet is also defined as the “worldwide publicly


accessible network of interconnected computer networks
that transmit data by packet switching using the standard
Internet Protocol (IP)” (Merriam Dictionary).
C. Internet
It transmits information stored in files or documents on
one computer to another computer. It transfers together
several information and services, such as file transfer,
electronic mail, interlinked web pages, online chat, and
other documents of the World Wide Web.
Other Classifications of
Information Sources
A. Primary Sources of
Information
Primary sources refer to “original materials.” These are
materials from a certain period of time that have not been
filtered, modified through analysis, interpretation, or
evaluation.
A. Primary Sources of
Information
ARTIFACT. It refers to something made or
created by humans, such as a tool or a work of
art, especially an object of archaeological
interest.
A. Primary Sources of
Information
DIARY. It is a record with distinct entries
organized by date reporting on daily activities or
other periods. It can be personal, which may
include a person's experiences, thoughts, and/or
feelings.
A. Primary Sources of
Information
AUDIO/ VIDEO RECORDING.
A. Primary Sources of
Information
Other examples of primary sources include e-mails, interviews, journal articles,
letters, minutes of meetings, conferences and symposia, newspaper articles,
original documents (e.g., birth certificate, marriage certificate), photographs,
records of organizations, research survey results, speeches, works of art,
literature, architecture, and music, and websites.
B. Secondary Sources of
Information
Compared to primary sources, secondary
sources are not easily defined. Generally, written
after an original product, they usually aim to
give reflection or analysis. In short, they are
analyses, interpretations, and evaluations of
primary sources.
•Indexes are typically found as one or more individual
B. Secondary Sources volumes at the end of a set. Examples are index,

of Information bibliography, indexing periodicals, and abstracting


periodicals.
B. Secondary Sources •Survey type involves the product of examination or
description of someone or something. Examples are
of Information reviews, treatises, and monographs.
B. Secondary Sources •The reference type consists of materials collected from
others’ works such as encyclopedia, dictionary,
of Information handbook, manual and critical tables.
C. Tertiary
Sources of
information
Tertiary sources are commonly
confused with secondary
sources. Tertiary sources
involve information that collects
and organizes primary and
secondary sources. Tertiary
sources include bibliographies
of bibliographies, directories
and yearbooks, guides to
literature, and lists of research
in progress.

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