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Media and Information Sources

A. Indigenous Knowledge
• distinctive knowledge kept to a specific group of people. Local
knowledge, folk knowledge, people’s knowledge, traditional wisdom,
or traditional science

Dewalt (1994) identified certain features of indigenous knowledge that are highly relevant in
conservation and sustainable growth:

• Locally appropriate. Indigenous knowledge signifies a way of life that has advanced with the
local conditions.
• Restraint in resource exploitation. Production is for survival needs only; only those necessary for
immediate survival are taken from the environment.
• Diversified production systems. There is no abuse of resources; various strategies are utilized to
avoid risks.
• Respect for nature. A ‘conservation ethic’ often exists. Here, the land is
treated as sacred.
• Human dependence on nature for survival. All species are interrelated;
hence, one affects the other.
• Flexibility. Indigenous knowledge means adapting to new circumstances
and being open to outside knowledge.
• Social responsibility. There are strong family and community ties, and
with them, feelings of obligation and responsibility to preserve the land
for future generations.
B. Library

A building, room, or organization that has a collection, especially of books, music, and
information that can be accessed by computer for people to read, use, or borrow.”

LIBRARIES also house advanced e-resources. Most libraries offer the following services:

1. User services function in linking people to the information they are looking for.

2. Technical services function in gathering, cataloging, and preparing library materials.

3. Computer services function in maintaining databases, software programming, web page design, and computer
hardware maintenance in the library.

4. Administrative services function in managing the library and services, conveying contracts with sellers,

supervising library employees, and preparing budgets.


Libraries are classified as academic, public, school, and special.

• Academic libraries serve colleges and universities.


• Public libraries serve cities and towns of all types.
• School libraries serve students from Kindergarten to Grade 12.
• Special libraries are located in specific environments (e.g., hospitals,
corporations, museums, military, private business).
C. Internet
• As defined in the Oxford Dictionary, the Internet is “a global computer
network providing a variety of information and communication
facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized
communication protocols.”
• defined as the “worldwide publicly accessible network of
interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet
switching using the standard Internet Protocol (IP)” (Merriam
Dictionary).
Other Classifications of Information Sources
A. Primary Sources of Information:
• Primary sources refer to “original materials.” These are materials from a certain period of
time that have not been filtered, modified through analysis, interpretation, or evaluation.

• Artifact. It refers to something made or created by humans, such as a tool or a


work of art, especially an object of archaeological interest.
• Diary. It is a record with distinct entries organized by date reporting on daily
activities or other periods. It can be personal, which may include a person's
experiences, thoughts, and/or feelings
• Patent. This is the granting of a right to an inventor by a sovereign authority.
This grant affords the inventor exclusive rights to the patented process, design,
or invention for a designated period in exchange for a comprehensive disclosure
of the invention.
• Audio/ video recording.
B. Secondary Sources of Information:
• Compared to primary sources, secondary sources are not easily defined.
Generally, written after an original product, they usually aim to give
reflection or analysis. In short, they are analyses, interpretations, and
evaluations of primary sources. Secondary sources are not proof, but
rather explanation on and discussion of evidence. Secondary sources
may be classified as index type, survey type, and reference type.
•  Indexes are typically found as one or more individual volumes at the
end of a set. Examples are index, bibliography, indexing periodicals, and
abstracting periodicals.
•  Survey type involves the product of examination or description of
someone or something. Examples are reviews, treatises, and
monographs.
•  The reference type consists of materials collected from others’ works
such as encyclopedia, dictionary, handbook, manual and critical tables.
C. Tertiary Sources of information:
Tertiary sources are commonly confused with secondary sources.
Tertiary sources involve information that collects and organizes primary
and secondary sources. Tertiary sources include bibliographies of
bibliographies, directories and yearbooks, guides to literature, and lists
of research in progress.

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