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Types of Information Sources: - Published Works - Unpublished Works

This document outlines different types of information sources, including published and unpublished works. Published sources cover government publications like statutes and gazettes, journals, newspapers, textbooks, reference works, audiovisual media, and electronic resources like eBooks and databases. Unpublished sources include human sources, dissertations, reports, grey literature, information on the internet, and email. The document also discusses how to retrieve information through secondary sources like bibliographies, indexes, and a library catalog.

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Types of Information Sources: - Published Works - Unpublished Works

This document outlines different types of information sources, including published and unpublished works. Published sources cover government publications like statutes and gazettes, journals, newspapers, textbooks, reference works, audiovisual media, and electronic resources like eBooks and databases. Unpublished sources include human sources, dissertations, reports, grey literature, information on the internet, and email. The document also discusses how to retrieve information through secondary sources like bibliographies, indexes, and a library catalog.

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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Unpublished works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 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 whos 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, Harrisons 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)
How to retrieve information in the
library

Use the library catalogue (UP Explore) to


find out what books, journals, electronic
media have been purchased and are
available in the library
Why library training?
Feel like this when it
comes to looking for
information in the library?

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