Source" means the origin of something. An information source is a source of information for somebody, i.e. anything that might inform a person about something or provide knowledge to somebody. Information sources may be observations, people, speeches, documents, pictures, organizations etc. They may be primary sources, secondary sources, tertiary sources and so on.
Primary Sources
Primary sources of information allow the learner to access original and unedited information. A primary source requires the learner to interact with the source and extract information. Often the source is someone at the centre of the event or issue. We call such people primary sources. Primary sources of information could be the following:
- Person
- Interview
- E-Mail contact
- Event
- Discussion
- Debate
- Community Meeting
- Survey
- Artifact
- Observation of object (animate and inanimate)
Secondary sources
Secondary sources are edited primary sources, second-hand versions. They represent someone else's thinking.
Secondary sources are those people who do not make the news, but who pass it on.
- Reference Material
- Book
- CD Rom
- Encyclopedia
- Magazine
- Newspaper
- Video Tape
- Audio Tape
- TV
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