Sources

• Library


  A place in which literary, musical, artistic, or reference materials (such as books, manuscripts, recordings, or films) are kept for use but not for sale
• Types of libraries


  • Academic Library
  • Public Library
  • School Library
  • Special Library
• Academic Library


  • Serves colleges and universities
  • Supports the school's curriculum and the research of the university faculty and students
• Public Library


  • Accessible by the general public
  • Usually funded from public sources, such as taxes
• School Library


  • Serves students from Kindergarten to Grade 12
  • Where students, staff, and often, parents of a public or private school have access to a variety of resources
• Special Library


  • In specialized environments, such as hospitals, corporations, museums, the military, private business, and the government
  • Provides specialized information resources on a particular subjects
  • Serves a specialized and limited clientele
  • Delivers specialized services to that clientele
• Indigenous Knowledge (IK)


  • Knowledge that is unique to a given culture or society
  • Contrasts with the international knowledge system generated by universities, research institutions and private firms
• Components of Indigenous Knowledge

  • Local knowledge
  • Knowledge that is unique to a given culture or society
  • Owned, controlled, and managed by indigenous peoples in order for them to develop and produce culturally appropriate information in the languages understood by the community
• Characteristics of Indigenous Knowledge

  • Oral tradition of communication
  • Stores information in memories
  • Information exchange is face to face
  • Information is contained within the border of the community
• Types of Information


  • Books
  • Reference Books
  • Newspapers (News Resource)
  • Academic Journals
  • Internet
• Books


  • Cover virtually any topic, fact or fiction
  • Useful for the complete background on an issue or an in-depth analysis of a theory or person
  • Can take years to publish, so may not always include the most current information
• Reference Books


  • Include facts, figures, addresses, statistics, definitions, dates, etc.
  • Useful for finding factual or statistical information or for a brief overview of a particular topic
• Reference Books


  • Dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories
• Newspapers (News Resource)


  • Provides very current information about events, people, or places at the time they are published
  • Useful for information on current events or to track the development of a story as it unfolds
• Newspapers (News Resource)


  • The New York Times, manila bulletin, Philippine Star, Daily Inquirer
• Academic Journals


  • Include articles written by and for specialists/experts in a particular field
  • Articles must go through a peer review process before they're accepted for publication
  • Articles tend to have a narrower focus and more analysis of the topic than those in other types of publications
  • Include cited references or footnotes at the end of research articles
• Academic Journals


  • Journal of Communication, The Historian, Journal of the American Medical Association
• Internet


  • An electronic communications network that connects computer networks and organizational computer facilities around the world
  • The Internet is by far the most popular source of information and the preferred choice for news ahead of television, newspapers and radio, according to a new poll in the United States
• Internet


  • Google.com, Facebook.com
• Criteria for Evaluating Information

  • Accuracy
  • Relevance
  • Author
  • Currency
  • Fairness
• Accuracy


  Content should be grammatically correct, verifiable and cited when necessary
• Relevance


  Content is relevant to your topic. Does the purpose of the source (e.g. research, statistical, organizational) meet your needs?
• Author


  Defines who created the content, the individual or group's credentials/expertise and provides contact information
• Currency


  Information is current and updated frequently. Do you know when the information was originally published and is the data acceptable?
• Fairness


  Content is balanced, presenting all sides of an issue and multiple points-of-view. Is the source free of bias towards one point-of-view?