wk4-INFORMATION SOURCES

INFORMATION
SOURCES
WEEK 4
WHAT IS INFORMATION?
OIt is a
processed data.
What is INFORMATION
SOURCES?
O This is where you got your information from.
O These are the various means by which
information is recorded for use by an
individual or an organization.
O These are the means by which a person is
informed about something or knowledge is
availed to someone, a group of people or an
organization.
O Information sources can be observations,
people, speeches, documents, pictures,
organizations. Information sources can be
print, nonprint and electronic media or format.
O Information can come virtually anywhere:
personal experiences, books, articles, expert’s
opinions, encyclopedias, the Web. The type of
information needed will change depending on
its application.
INFORMATION
SOURCE USE
O Books cover virtually O when looking for lots of

any topic, fact or fiction. information on a topic
For research purposes, O to put your topic in
you will probably be context with other
looking for books that important issues
synthesize all the O to find historical
information on one topic information
to support a particular O to find summaries of
argument or thesis
research
O Libraries organize and
O to support an argument
store their book
collections on shelves
called "stacks."
INFORMATION
SOURCE USE
O Encyclopedia O when looking for
Encyclopedias are collections background information
of short, factual entries often on a topic
written by different O when trying to find key
contributors who are ideas, important dates or
knowledgeable about the topic.
conceptst
There are two types of
encyclopedias: general and
subject. General
encyclopedias provide concise
overviews on a wide variety of
topics. Subject encyclopedias
contain in-depth entries
focusing on one field of study
INFORMATION
SOURCE USE
O Academic Journal O when doing scholarly

A journal is a collection of research
articles usually written by O to find out what has been
scholars in an academic or studied on your topic
professional field. An O to find bibliographies that
editorial board reviews point to other relevant
articles to decide whether research
they should be accepted.
Articles in journals can
cover very specific topics
or narrow fields of
research
INFORMATION
SOURCE USE
O Database
Owhen you want
A database contains
citations of articles in to find articles
magazines, journals, and
newspapers. They may also on your topic in
contain citations to
podcasts, blogs, videos, and
magazines,
other media types. Some journals or
databases contain abstracts
or brief summaries of the newspapers
articles, while other
databases contain
complete, full-text articles
INFORMATION
SOURCE USE
O Magazines O to find information or
A magazine is a collection of opinions about
articles and images about
diverse topics of popular popular culture
interest and current events. O to find up-to-date
O Usually these articles are
information about
written by journalists or
scholars and are geared
current events
toward the average adult. O to find general
O Magazines may cover very articles for people
"serious" material, but to
find consistent scholarly
who are not
information, you should necessarily specialists
use journals. about the topic
INFORMATION
SOURCE USE
O Newspapers O to find current

A newspaper is a information about
collection of articles international,
about current events national and local
usually published events
daily. Since there is
at least one in every O to find editorials,
city, it is a great commentaries,
source for local expert or popular
information. opinions
INFORMATION
SOURCE USE
O Library Catalog
Oto find out what
A library catalog is an
organized and searchable items the
collection of records of
every item in a library
library owns on
and can be found on the your topic
library home page. The
catalog will point you to Oto find where a
the location of a
particular source, or
specific item is
group of sources, that the located in the
library owns on your
topic.
library
INFORMATION
SOURCE USE
O The Web O to find current
The Web allows you to access information
most types of information on
O to find information
the Internet through a
browser. One of the main about companies
features of the Web is the O to find information from
ability to quickly link to other all levels of government
related information. The Web
contains information beyond
– federal to local
plain text, including sounds, O to find both expert and
images, and video. The popular opinions
important thing to do when
O to find information
using information on the
Internet is to know how to about hobbies and
evaluate it! personal interests
Types of Information Sources
Secondary
Primary Sources Sources
O provide a first-hand account of O one that was created by someone
an event or time period and are who did not have first-hand
considered to be authoritative. experience or did not participate
They represent original in the events being researched.
thinking, reports on discoveries They are generally accounts
or events, or they can share new written after the fact. Secondary
information. Often these sources describe, analyze,
sources are created at the time interpret, evaluate, comment on
the events occurred but they can and discuss the evidence
also include sources that are provided by primary sources.
created later. They are usually Secondary sources are not
the first formal appearance of evidence, but rather commentary
original research. on and discussion of evidence.
O Directions: Determine whether the following
are primary or secondary sources.
1. The story your grandfather tells you about

his experience during the Korean War.
2. A letter written by George Washington to
his mother about the latest developments in
the Revolutionary War.
3. The Diary of Anne Frank - the published
diary of a teenage girl who experiences the
Holocaust first hand.
4. Your World History textbook or an
encyclopedia.
5. Your elementary diploma.
6. A photograph of you and your friends at
your 8th birthday party.
7. The information from the museum tour
guide who shows you around the exhibit and
shares facts with you.
8. A mummy from ancient Egypt.
O Directions: Determine whether the following
are primary or secondary sources.
1. The story your grandfather tells you about

his experience during the Korean War.
PRIMARY
2. A letter written by George Washington to
his mother about the latest developments in
the Revolutionary War. PRIMARY
3. The Diary of Anne Frank - the published

diary of a teenage girl who experiences the
Holocaust first hand.
PRIMARY
4. Your World History textbook or an
encyclopedia. SECONDARY
5. Your elementary diploma. PRIMARY
6. A photograph of you and your friends at

your 8th birthday party. PRIMARY
7. The information from the museum tour

guide who shows you around the exhibit and
shares facts with you. SECONDARY
8. A mummy from ancient Egypt. PRIMARY

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O Books cover virtually O when looking for lots of

O Academic Journal O when doing scholarly

O Newspapers O to find current

1. The story your grandfather tells you about

1. The story your grandfather tells you about

3. The Diary of Anne Frank - the published

5. Your elementary diploma. PRIMARY

6. A photograph of you and your friends at

7. The information from the museum tour

8. A mummy from ancient Egypt. PRIMARY

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