Media and Information Sources

• Indigenous Knowledge

  • kept to a specific group of people
  • transferred from one generation to another
  • either orally or cultural rituals
• Locally appropriate

  • signifies a way of life that has advanced with the local conditions
• Restrain in resource exploitation

  • production is for survival needs only
• Diverse production system

  • no abuse of resources
• Respect for nature

  • conservation ethic
  • land is treated as sacred
• Human dependence on nature for survival

  • all species are interrelated
  • one affects the other
• Flexibility

  • adapting to new circumstances
  • being open to outside knowledge
• Social Responsibility

  • feelings of obligation and responsibility to preserve the land for future gens
• Library

  • building, room or org that has a collection of books
  • can be accessed by computer
• User Service

  • linking people to the information they are looking for
• Technical Services

  • gathering, cataloging, and preparing library materials
• Computer Services

  • maintaining database
  • software programming
  • web page design
  • computer hardware maintenance
• Administrative Services

  • managing the library
  • conveying contact with seller
  • supervising library employees
  • preparing budgets
• Academic Libraries

  • serve colleges and universities
• Public Libraries

  • cities and towns
• School Libraries

  • students from K to 12
• Special Libraries

  • located in specific environment
• Internet

  • global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities
• Primary Sources

  • original materials
  • have not been filtered
  • bases of other researchers
  • raw product of written text
• Artifact

  • made/ created by human
  • tool/work of art
  • object of archaeologist interest
• Diary

  • record with distinct entries
  • organized by date
  • can be personal
  • include person's experiences, thought and feelings
• Patent

  • legal document, a written document giving the holder exclusive intellectual property rights
• Secondary Sources

  • written after an original product
  • aim to give reflection or analysis
  • not proof
  • explanation and discussion of evidence
• Indexes

  • typically found as one or more individual volumes at the end of set
• Index

  • alphabetical list of names, subjects, etc.
  • with reference to the place where they occur
  • typically found at the end of a book
• Bibliography

  • list of all references used to create a piece of writing
• Survey Type

  • involves the product of examination or description of someone and something
• Reference Type

  • materials collected from other works
  • encyclopedia
  • dictionary
  • handbook manual
  • critical tables
• Tertiary Sources

  • Information that collects and organizes primary and secondary sources