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TYPES OF INFORMATION SOURCES. Published works Unpublished works. Published works. Government publications Journals Newspapers Monographs and textbooks Reference works Audio Visual Electronic media. Government publications.
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TYPES OF INFORMATION SOURCES • Published works • Unpublished works
Published works • Government publications • Journals • Newspapers • Monographs and textbooks • Reference works • Audio Visual • Electronic media
Government publications • Official publication issued by a government publishing facility • Examples: • Statutes • Acts • Government gazette • Debates of parliament (Hansard)
Journals • A journal is a periodical, which generally contains material relating to research • Appears at regular intervals – weekly, monthly, quarterly • Content varies and can include editorials, articles, book reviews, etc • They do not necessarily have the word “journal” in the title, e.g. • South african medical journal • New scientist
Newspapers • Newspapers: issued either daily, weekly or monthly • Contain news, opinions, advertisements and other subjects related to current affairs • South African newspaper articles indexed by SAMedia and available at the AIS
Textbooks / Monographs Publications that deal comprehensively with a specific subject
Reference Works • Dictionaries (e.g. Dorlands medical dictionary, Oxford english dictionary, Dictionary of medical syndromes) • Encylopaedias (e.g. Encyclopaedia of bioethics, Encyclopaedia of occupational health and safety) • Biographies (e.g. Medical sciences international who’s who) • Yearbooks (South African yearbook, Yearbook 2001 United Nations) • Address books (The World of Learning 2001)
Audio Visual Media Other media such as audio cassettes or videos
Electronic Media • Information that is electronically available • CD Rom programs (eg. Heart sounds & murmurs, Procedural skills…) • eBooks (Textbook of pediatrics, The 5-minute consult, Harrison’s textbook of internal medicine…) • eJournals (Lancet, British medical journal)
Unpublished works • Human sources • Dissertations / Theses • Reports • Grey literature • Information on the Internet • Email
Human sources • Lecturers • Colleagues • And others
Grey literature Information that is not available through the normal book selling channels such as reports, manuscripts and patents
Dissertations / Theses • Research work prepared as part of an academic course for a higher degree • Copy usually made available in library of university
Research / Progress reports • Written description of a completed research project or an interim progress report
For the retrieval of information • Secondary information sources to retrieve information • Bibliographies to find books (eg. Bookfind, Books in Print) • Indexes to find journal articles (eg. Medline, African Health Anthology)