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Media and Information Sources

The document discusses different types of media and information sources. It defines indigenous media and differentiates it from other information sources. It outlines published sources such as government publications, journals, newspapers, textbooks, reference works, audiovisual and electronic media. It also discusses unpublished sources including human sources, dissertations, reports, grey literature and internet information. The document emphasizes the importance of recognizing and using different information sources.

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Media and Information Sources

The document discusses different types of media and information sources. It defines indigenous media and differentiates it from other information sources. It outlines published sources such as government publications, journals, newspapers, textbooks, reference works, audiovisual and electronic media. It also discusses unpublished sources including human sources, dissertations, reports, grey literature and internet information. The document emphasizes the importance of recognizing and using different information sources.

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Media and

Information Sources
After this lesson, you are expected to:
a) Differentiate indigenous media from other sources
of information;
b) Recognize distinct use of the different information
sources; and
c) Give the importance of indigenous media and
information.
Activity #1
Message Relay

Instruction:
-Divide the class into four groups.
-Choose a leader who can write the
correct word on the blackboard.
1. Published works
2. Unpublished works
3. Government publications
4. Journals
5. Newspapers
6. Monographs and textbooks
7. Reference works
8. Audio Visual
9. Electronic media
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•Unpublished works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
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.
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 for
searching under Databases
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
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
Grey literature

Information that is not available through


the normal book selling channels such as
reports, manuscripts and patents
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)

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