INDIGENOUS MEDIA OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCES Flashcards
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are the various means by which information is recorded for use by an individual or organization
* These are means by which a person is informed about something or knowledge is provided or share with someone, a group of people or an organization
information sources
could be observations, people, organizations, speeches, documents, pictures, art work, could be in print or non-print formats
information sources
the three key aspects of Internet as a source of information
Abundance, availability, and accessibility
PRODUCERS / CREATORS OF INFORMATION SOURCES:
There are three main producers/creators of information:
- Departments
- Agencies
- Ministries
government
PRODUCERS / CREATORS OF INFORMATION SOURCES:
There are three main producers/creators of information:
- Colleges
- Universities
- Research Institutes
Academic/Research Institutions
PRODUCERS / CREATORS OF INFORMATION SOURCES:
There are three main producers/creators of information:
- Not for profit organizations
- For profit organizations and commercial agencies
- International Agencies
- Professional Associations or organizations
- Private Institutions
- Corporate bodies and laboratories
Private Sector (s)
TYPES OF INFORMATION SOURCES
The three types of information sources are:
- Are usually evidence or accounts of the events, practices, or conditions being researched
- Present information in its original form, not interpreted or condensed or evaluated by other writers
- Are created by a person (s) who directly experienced that event
- Example includes among others Diaries, interviews, minutes of the meetings, photographs, videos, artworks, artifacts
primary sources of information
is one that was created by someone who did not have a first-hand experience or participate in the events being researched.
* Are generally accounts written after the fact with the benefit of hindsight
secondary sources of information
sources describe, analyze, interpret, evaluate, comment on and discuss the evidence provided by primary sources
* They are not evidence, but rather commentary and discussion of evidence
* A secondary data is one that has been collected by individuals
secondary
- Examples are: textbooks, bibliographies, biographical works, commentaries, criticisms, dictionaries, encyclopedias
secondary
- These are works which list primary and secondary resources in a specific subject area
- Materials that index, organize and compile citations to, and show how secondary (and sometimes primary) sources could be used
- These are materials in which information from secondary sources has been “digested” – reformatted and condensed, and put into a convenient, easy-to-read form
- Examples include: almanacs, directories population registers/statistics, fact books, abstracts, indexes, bibliographies, chronologies, classifications, handbooks, guide books and manuals
tertiary sources of information
information are
original
manuscripts,
documents
or records used in
preparing a
published or
unpublished work
for example: an
original
piece of art work will
primary source
are
published or
unpublished works
that
relies on primary
source
- for example: an
article critiquing a
piece
secondary information
published or
unpublished works
that
is based on
secondary
sources.
- for example: an
art index would be
considered a tertiary
source
tertiary information
format of information:
- Books, periodicals, bibliographies, maps, indexes and abstracts, photographs, government documents, technical reports, etc.
format of information:
- Audio visual, multimedia, microform and electronic books and journals,
images, texts/records from the internet, Web documents, etc
non-print
- Communication with peers/colleagues are a good way of obtaining vital information
- For example, doctors have been found to rely on their colleagues for information in order to solve a patient’s problems
human sources
are places where records of all types and formats are kept and made accessible for research and other purposes
archives
collect quality information in a wide variety of formats. select books, journals, magazines, databases, CD’s DVD’s, government reports for use by their patrons
* The selection process enable libraries to collect resources considered to be reliable, relevant and valuable
access to reference resources, books, periodicals and other materials in both print and electronic formats for use by the patrons
libraries
- Libraries are often classified in 4 groups, namely
academic, public, school and special.
a network of computer networks around the world that enable people to access information and to communicate with each other.
internet
provides the technology needed to navigate the resources on the internet
WWW (world wide web)
TYPE OF INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET
- Bibliographic information such as library catalogues
- Monographs
- Reference sources such as Encyclopaedia, Dictionaries, Handbooks, etc.
- Indexes and abstracts
- Drug information sources (e.g. MICROMEDEX)
- Journals, Magazines, Newspapers
- Databases
- Multimedia: Audio, video and graphical sources of information
- Grey literature (technical reports, government documents, thesis/dissertations etc.
- Subject related gateways, portals and digital/institutional repositories
(e.g. HINARI)
- African Index Medicus (AIM)
- MEDLINE/PubMed
- Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL)
- Web of knowledge
- Scopus
- EMBASE
bibliographic databases
