MEDIA AND INFO SOURCEES

• INFORMATION


  facts provided or learned about something or someone
• Reliability of information


  Information is said to be reliable if it can be verified and evaluated.
• Accuracy of information


  refers to the closeness of the report to the actual data.
• Value of information


  Information is said to be of value if it aids the user in making or improving decisions.
• Authority of the source


  Sources with an established expertise on the subject matter are considered as having sound authority on the subject.
• Timeliness


  Reliability, accuracy, and value of information may vary based on the time it was produced or acquired.
• Information Sources


  persons, groups and documents from which information is obtained
• Academic


  a library that is attached to an institution of higher education which serves two complementary purposes to support the school curriculum and to support research of the university faculty and students.
• Public


  A non-profit library maintained for public use and usually supported in whole or part by local taxation.
• School


  A library within a school where teachers and students have access to books and other resources.
• Special


  A privately owned library that forms a unit of a business firm or other organization, specializes in books and other material of special interest to the organization of which it is part, and usually serves only the staff or members of this organization.
• LIBRARY

  • academic
  • public
  • school
  • special
• International Standard Serial Number


  ISSN stands for? it is used for series of books
• International Standard Book Number (ISBN)


  is used for single books or specific volume such as monograms. This is to identify the publisher.
• Indigenous


  native; local; originating or produced naturally in a particular region.
• Indigenous knowledge


  knowledge that is unique to a specific culture or society; most often it is not written down.
• Indigenous communication


  transmission of information through local channels or forms. It is a means by which culture is preserved, handed down, and adapted.
• INFO SOURCES

  • library
  • internet
  • alternative media
  • indegenous media
• Mind map


  is a graphical technique for visualizing connections between several ideas or pieces of information.
• American Psychological Association

  APA stands for?
• Modern Language Association

  MLA