ALIAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
MEDIA AND
INFORMATION
LITERACY
MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY
MODULE 4:
Media and
Information
Sources
Module 4: Media and Information Sources
MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY
TODAY’S LESSON:
I. Three Main Sources of Information
a. Indigenous Knowledge
b. Library
c. Internet
II. Classification of Information Sources
a. Primary
b. Secondary
c. Tertiary
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Media and Information Sources
When searching for information, it is
crucial to:
- Identify the type of information needed
- Locate reliable and appropriate sources
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Three Main Sources of
Information:
1. Indigenous Knowledge
2. Libraries
3. Internet
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1. INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
✓ Distinctive knowledge
of a group
Other names:
✓ Local knowledge
✓ Folk knowledge
✓ People’s knowledge
✓ Traditional wisdom
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1. INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
✓ Generated by observing,
experimenting, and
adapting to the
environment (Brouwers,
1993).
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1. INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
✓Transmitted orally
(legends, folktales,
myths, epics, songs)
or through cultural
rituals.
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According to Dewalt (1994):
1. Locally
appropriate:
adapts to local
conditions.
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According to Dewalt (1994):
2. Restraint in
resource
exploitation: take
only what is needed
for survival.
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According to Dewalt (1994):
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production
systems: avoid
abuse of resources;
use varied strategies.
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According to Dewalt (1994):
4. Respect for
nature: land
treated as sacred,
conservation ethic.
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According to Dewalt (1994):
5. Human
dependence
on nature: all
species are
interconnected.
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According to Dewalt (1994):
6. Flexibility:
openness to
new knowledge
&
circumstances.
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According to Dewalt (1994):
[Link] responsibility: strong
family/community ties & duty to
preserve land for future
generations.
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2. LIBRARY
As defined in Cambridge Dictionary, A
library is “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.”
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2. LIBRARY
Aside from books
and journals,
libraries also
house advanced
e-resources.
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Most libraries offer the
following services:
✓User services:
connecting people
to needed info.
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✓Technical services: cataloging,
preparing materials.
✓Computer services: maintaining
databases, websites, software.
✓Administrative services: managing
operations, staff, contracts, budgets.
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Types of Libraries
1. Academic: for colleges &
universities.
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Types of Libraries
2. Public: for the public cities & towns.
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Types of Libraries
3. School: for students (Kindergarten–
Grade 12).
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Types of Libraries
4. Special: in specific contexts —
hospitals, corporations, museums, military,
private businesses.
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3. INTERNET
✓“A global computer network providing
information & communication facilities
through interconnected networks.”
(Oxford Dictionary)
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3. INTERNET
✓“Network of networks”
with millions of
domestic, academic,
business, and
government networks
(Essays, UK, 2018).
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3. INTERNET
✓“Worldwide, publicly
accessible,
interconnected
computer networks
transmitting data via
Internet Protocol (IP)”
(Merriam Dictionary).
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Internet: Features
•Transmits info from one computer to another.
•Combines services:
• File transfer
• Email
• Web pages
• Online chats
• Other documents on the World Wide Web
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Classification of Information
Sources
a. Primary
b. Secondary
c. Tertiary
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1. PRIMARY SOURCE
✓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.
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1. PRIMARY SOURCE
✓Primary sources are the bases of
other researches.
✓They are commonly the raw products
of written texts (print or electronic
format).
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EXAMPLE:
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EXAMPLE:
documented events,
speeches, performances.
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EXAMPLE:
Other examples of primary sources include:
E-mail Interview
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EXAMPLE:
Other examples of primary sources include:
Journal Articles Letters
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EXAMPLE:
Other examples of primary sources include:
minutes of meetings, conferences and
symposia, newspaper articles, original
documents (e.g., birth certificate, marriage
certificate), photographs, records of
organizations, research survey results,
speeches, works of art, literature, architecture,
and music, and websites.
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2. SECONDARY SOURCE
✓Analyses, interpretations, and
evaluations of primary sources
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2. SECONDARY SOURCE
✓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.
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CATEGORIES:
[Link] are typically found as one or
more individual volumes at the end of
a set.
Examples are index, bibliography,
indexing periodicals, and
abstracting periodicals.
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CATEGORIES:
2. Survey type involves the product of
examination or description of someone
or something.
Examples are reviews, treatises, and
monographs.
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3. The reference type consists of
materials collected from others’
works such as encyclopedia,
dictionary, handbook, manual
and critical tables.
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3. TERTIARY SOURCE
✓Tertiary sources are commonly
confused with secondary sources.
✓Tertiary sources involve information
that collects and organizes primary
and secondary sources.
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3. TERTIARY SOURCE
✓Tertiary sources include
bibliographies of bibliographies,
directories and yearbooks, guides
to literature, and lists of research
in progress.
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Summary
Indigenous Knowledge — local, traditional, oral &
ritual-based.
Libraries — organized collections of physical &
digital info.
Internet — global network of interconnected
computers & services.
Classifications of Sources:
•Primary: original, unfiltered.
•Secondary: interpretations & analyses.
•Tertiary: compiled & organized info.
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