Books

  INFORMATION USE EXAMPLES

  Books cover virtually when looking  
  any topic, fact or for lots of information
fiction. For research on a topic
purposes, you will
probably be looking to put your topic in
for books that context with other
synthesize all the important issues
information on one
topic to support a to find historical
particular argument information
  or thesis.
Libraries organize to find summaries of
and store their book research to support an
collections on shelves argument
called "stacks."

 
Encyclopedias

TYPE INFORMATION USE EXAMPLES

  Encyclopedias are when looking for  
collections of short, background
factual entries often information on a
written by different topic
contributors who are
knowledgeable about when trying to find
the topic.  key ideas, important
dates or concepts
There are two types of
encyclopedias: general  
and subject. General
encyclopedias provide
concise overviews on a
wide variety of topics.
 
Subject encyclopedias
contain in-depth entries
focusing on one field of
study
Academic Journals

TYPE INFORMATION USE EXAMPLES

  A journal is a collection when doing scholarly  
of articles usually research
written by scholars in
an academic or to find out what has
professional field. been studied on
your topic
An editorial board
reviews articles to to find bibliographies
decide whether they that point to other
should be accepted. relevant research

Articles in journals can  

cover very specific
topics or narrow fields
of research.
Databases

TYPE INFORMATION USE EXAMPLES

A database contains when you want to EBSCOhost
citations of articles in find articles on your  
magazines, journals, topic in magazines, Sabinet
and newspapers. They journals or  
may also contain newspapers Emerald
  citations to podcasts,  
blogs, videos, and other ScienceDirect
media types. Some  
databases contain Jstor
abstracts or brief
summaries of the
articles, while other
databases contain
complete, full-text
articles.
Newspapers

TYPE INFORMATION USE EXAMPLES

A newspaper is a to find current Daily Dispatch
collection of articles information about
about current events international,  
usually published daily. national and local Sunday Times
Since there is at least events
one in every city, it is a  
great source for local to find editorials, Mail & Guardian
information. commentaries,
   expert or popular  
opinions City Press
Magazines

TYPE INFORMATION USE EXAMPLES

A magazine is a to find information or Drum
collection of articles and opinions about  
images about diverse popular culture You
topics of popular
interest and current to find up-to-date  
events. information about Time
   current events
Usually these articles  
are written by to find general
articles for people National
journalists or scholars Geographic
and are geared toward who are not
the average adult. necessarily
specialists about the
Magazines may cover topic
very "serious" material,
but to find consistent  
scholarly information,
you should use journals.
Library Catalog

TYPE INFORMATION USE EXAMPLES

  A library catalog is an to find out what  
organized and items the library
searchable collection of owns on your topic
records of every item in
a library and can be to find where a
found on the library specific item is
home page. The catalog located in the library
will point you to the  
location of a particular
source, or group of
sources, that the library
owns on your topic.

   
Internet

TYPE INFORMATION USE EXAMPLES

  The Web allows you to find current  
to access most types information www.ufh.ac.za
of information on the
Internet through a to find  
browser. One of the information
main features of the about companies www.google.co.za
Web is the ability to to find
quickly link to other information from
related information. all levels of  
The Web contains government -
information beyond www.education.gov.za
federal to local
   plain text, including
sounds, images, and to find both
video. expert and  
popular opinions
The important thing  
to do when using to find
information on the information
Internet is to know about hobbies
how to evaluate it! and personal
interests