MIL Lesson 3

• Information - A broad term that covers

  processed data, knowledge derived

  from study, experience,

  instruction, signals or symbols.
• Information Literacy - The ability to recognize when

  information is needed, and to

  locate, evaluate, and effectively

  communicate information in its

  various formats.
• Identify - Why do you need information?
• Find - Where do you search for information? How do you acquire and

  store information?
• Evaluate - How will you determine the quality and accuracy of the information that you have?
• Apply - How do you use the information that you have?
• Acknowledge - How will you communicate information?
• Factual information - is what is done, happened, or

  existing -based on evidences and findings provided by reliable

  sources.
• Analytical information - is an interpretation of facts by an individual, usually an expert on the subjects.
• Objective - it is formulated from data, verifiable facts, or other irrefutable evidence without considering the speaker’s personal feelings.
• Subjective - is influenced by a number of factors, including many different types of biases.
• Current - most up-to-date information

  e.g.

  newspapers - published daily or weekly.

  periodicals - published weekly, monthly,

  quarterly, annually.

  web - publication is continuous;
• Historical - provides a backdrop or global perspective for a topic

  e.g.

  Classic Catalog for books, periodical

  titles, government documents,

  microforms, audio
• Scholarly - is a publication, such as a journal, that includes papers and articles, which record and discuss the results of original research.

  e.g.

  • Journal of Comparative Psychology
  • Journal of Commercial Biotechnology
  • Econometric
• Popular - is a publication, such as a newspaper or magazine that you could buy in a grocery store.

  e.g.

  • National Geographic

  • Time Magazine
• Primary- is an original document/image, the results of an experiment, statistical data, first-hand account, or creative work.

  e.g.

  • Cencus Data for Pampanga

  • An interview with a World

  War Two veteran

  • results of an experiment or

  clinical trial
• Secondary- is something written about or using primary sources.

  e.g.

  • A documentary featuring

  interviews with veterans

  • An article citing different

  treatments options
• Tertiary- is a collection of primary and secondary sources

  e.g.

  • A chronology of major events in Pampanga

  • An anthology of firsthand accounts from World War Two

  • A medical dictionary