COM01 - CO2 REVIEWER

Sources of Information

• • Libraries

• • Theses and dissertations

• • Interviews

• • Museum

• • Internet

A first person account by someone who experienced or witnessed an event. The original document has not been previously published or interpreted by anyone else.

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

One step removed from the primary original source. The author is reexamining, interpreting and forming conclusions based on the information conveyed in the primary source.

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

Further removed from a primary source. It leads the researcher to a secondary source, rather than to the primary source.

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

• An example of this are: First person account of an event, First publication of a scientific study, Speech or lecture, Original artwork, Handwritten manuscript, Letters between two people, A diary, Historical documents, e.g. Bill of

• Rights

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

• An example of this are: Newspaper reporting on a scientific study, Review of a music CD or art show, Biography

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

• An example of this are: Bibliography, Index to articles, Library catalog

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

Media and Information Sources

• Indigenous Sources

• Library Source

• Internet Sources

• Web Sources

This type of source has knowledge that is unique to a specific culture or society; most often it is not written down.

• Indigenous Sources

• Library Source

• Internet Sources

It is owned, controlled and managed by indigenous people in order for them to develop and produce culturally-appropriate information in the languages understood by the community by utilizing indigenous materials and resources, reflecting community needs and interests, visions and aspirations, and independent from vested interest groups.

• Indigenous Sources

• Library Source

• Internet Sources