An Original, uninterpreted, or first-hand material created by the person/s involved in an activity or an event.
Primary Resources
_ are direct communications between people, offering a firsthand perspective on events, thoughts, and feelings at the time of writing.
Letters
Invaluable for history, ___ capture firsthand perspectives. Written at the time, they offer unfiltered details on events, ideas, and even the author's thought process.
Manuscripts
___ act as unfiltered windows to the past. They provide firsthand accounts, capturing thoughts, ideas, and events as they unfolded.
Original Documents
silent voices of the past. They reveal daily life, technology, and culture without interpretation, providing unique historical evidence.
Artifacts
personal time capsules. Written experiences, thoughts, and emotions offer a unique window into the past.
Diaries
provide firsthand journeys, revealing perspectives, experiences, and biases of the author, enriching historical understanding.
Autobiographies
offer ongoing reflections. They capture changing thoughts, experiences, and scientific discoveries, providing a rich history
Journals
act as visual records, capturing details of clothing, architecture, and social norms, offering a unique glimpse into the past.
Artworks
act as blueprints of innovation. They detail technical inventions, revealing the "how" and "why" behind historical advancements.
Patents
Daily newspapers offer snapshots of history. They capture immediate reactions, events, and cultural perspectives of the time.
Periodicals
Buildings stand as physical records, revealing construction methods, materials, and even cultural values of their era.
Architectures
capture real-time events, offering unfiltered views of actions, emotions, and environments, valuable for historical analysis.
Audio & Video Recordings
Information obtained from through the analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of primary source materials.
Secondary Resources
analyze and interpret events, offering curated information and diverse viewpoints, but may lack the raw, unfiltered details of primary sources.
Newspaper articles
synthesize existing research, providing summaries, analysis, and interpretations. They don't offer firsthand data, making them secondary sources
Literature Reviews
though about someone's life, are secondary sources. Written by another person, they offer interpretations and selection of facts, not firsthand experiences.
Biographies
Involves information that collects, organizes and summarizes primary and secondary source material.
Tertiary Resources
compile information from secondary sources, offering summaries without deep analysis, making them tertiary sources.
Encyclopedia
gather definitions from other sources, offering summaries of word meaning without original research, making them tertiary.
Dictionaries
Manuals Compile existing knowledge on procedures, summarizing and explaining for users, not offering original research, making them tertiary.
Manuals
A form of media that conceptualized, produced, and circulated by indigenous people as vehicles form communication, specifically for cultural preservation, cultural and artistic expression, political self-determination, and cultural sovereignty"
Indigenous Media
Folk tales are indigenous media because they're stories passed down through generations, reflecting cultural values and traditions unique to a specific community.
Folk Tales
Folk songs qualify as indigenous media because they carry traditions, beliefs, and history through generations, reflecting a community's unique voice.
Folk Songs
Folk dances serve as indigenous media as they embody cultural heritage through movement, stories, and rituals passed down within a community.
Folk Dances
"A place and means of access to information, ideas, and works of imagination"
Library
Library Services: Function in linking people to the information they are looking for.
User Services
Library Services: Function in gathering, cataloging, and preparing library materials.
Technical Services
Library Services: Library computers fuel research with online resources and bridge the digital divide with public internet access.
Computer Services
Library Services: Function in managing the library and services, conveying contracts, supervising library employees, and preparing budgets.
Administrative Services
School libraries are resource centers stocked with books, digital media, and comfy spots for reading. You can find them within schools, usually near classrooms.
School Libraries
Academic libraries are treasure troves of research materials for colleges and universities. You can find them on campus, often grand buildings near the heart of the school
Academic Libraries
Public libraries, free and open to all, offer books, computers, and programs. Find them scattered throughout communities, often in convenient central locations.
Public Libraries
Special libraries dive deep into specific subjects, unlike public libraries. Look for them within businesses (corporate libraries), hospitals (medical libraries), or museums (museum libraries).
Special Libraries
OPAC, or "onlinepublicaccesscatalog," is the digital counterpart to the traditional library card catalog, replacing its print version.
Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC)
"A global Network of computers that allows computer users around the world to share information for various purposes." (Shelly & Campbell, 2012)
Internet
A system of arbitrary, vocal symbols that permit all people in a given culture, or other people who have learned the system of that culture to communicate or to interact. (Finnochioro, 2010)
Language
Pertains to the technical and symbolic ingredients or codes and conventions that media and information professionals may select and use in an effort to communicate ideas, information and knowledge.
Language defined in Media
Codes, conventions, formats, symbols and narratives structures that indicates the meaning of media messages to an audience.