LESSON 5:

Media and Information

Sources
 INFORMATION
Processed data and/or
knowledge derived from
study, experience,
instruction, signals or
symbols
 SOURCES OF INFORMATION
PRIMARY SECONDARY TERTIARY
An original, Information Involves
un-interpreted, or obtained through information that
first hand materials the analysis, collects, organizes
created by the interpretation and and summarizes
person(s) involved evaluation of primary and
in an activity primary sources secondary source
materials. materials.
EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY SOURCES

Artifacts Diaries and Autobiographies

EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY SOURCES

Letters Manuscripts
EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY SOURCES

Music Official and Original Documents

EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY SOURCES

E-mails Journals, Periodicals, Conference Proceedings

EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY SOURCES

Artworks Architecture
EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY SOURCES

Patents Audio and Video Recordings

EXAMPLES OF SECONDARY SOURCES

Newspaper Articles Literature Reviews

EXAMPLES OF SECONDARY SOURCES

Textbooks Biographies
EXAMPLES OF TERTIARY SOURCES

Encyclopedia Dictionary
EXAMPLES OF TERTIARY SOURCES

Directories Yearbooks
EXAMPLES OF TERTIARY SOURCES

Directories Yearbooks
WHERE TO FIND
MEDIA AND
INFORMATION
SOURCES
INDIGENOUS MEDIA
 INDIGENOUS MEDIA
- Also called as Indigenous Knowledge
- Indigenous means native; local; originating or
produced naturally in a particular region.
- any form of media that is created and controlled
by a community.
- Knowledge that is unique to a specific culture or
society; most often it is not written down. (Warren,
1991)
EXAMPLES OF INDIGENOUS
MEDIA

Folktales Folk Songs Folk Dances

 LIBRARIES
A place in which literary, musical, artistic, or
reference materials (such as books,
periodicals, maps, CD’s, video tapes, eBooks,
audiobooks, manuscripts, recordings, or
films) are kept for use but not for sale.
(Merriam Webster’s 11th Collegiate
Dictionary).
 KINDS OF LIBRARY SERVICES
USER Function in linking people to the information they are
SERVICES looking for.

TECHNICAL Function in gathering, cataloging and preparing library

SERVICES materials.

COMPUTER Function in maintaining databases, software programming,

SERVICES web design and computer maintenance in library.

ADMINISTRATIVE Function in managing the library and services, conveying contracts,

SERVICES supervising library employees, and preparing budgets.
CLASSIFICATIONS OF LIBRARIES

SCHOOL ACADEMIC
LIBRARIES LIBRARIES
CLASSIFICATIONS OF LIBRARIES

PUBLIC SPECIAL
LIBRARIES LIBRARIES
 INTERNET
a global computer network
providing a variety of information
and communication facilities,
consisting of interconnected
networks using standardized
communication protocols.
 SEARCH ENGINE
Search engines use keyword or phrases
that you will choose to determine which
pages have relevant information.’
THINGS TO CONSIDER IN EVALUATING INFORMATION

Reliability of information
Accuracy of information
Value of information
Authority of the source
Timeliness
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