Sources of Information

Which one of the answers below are the categories of source information?😵

• Transactional Documents

• Primary Documents

• Public Document

• All of the above

"written after an event - usually the authors will not have witnessed the event themselves" What categories of source of information is this? 🤯

• Primary Documents

• Tertiary Documents

• Secondary Documents

• Consumer Documents

Choose 3 correct answers. Which one of the answers below is correct? 😷

• Primary Document = Includes literary texts, letters, speeches, and historical documents such as birth certificates and diaries.

• Secondary Document = Usually written with reference to primary documents and attempt to provide an interpretation.

• Tertiary Document = Usually written with reference from primary document and secondary document.

• Tertiary Document = Includes indexes, directories, bibliographies, and other documents that you can turn to and be guided to other, potentially relevant, documents on a particular subject.

Choose 3 correct answers. Which source of information do we need to get? 🤭

• Read from the articles you need online for free, rather than paying for a copy or subscription to the magazine

• Magazines, journals, and websites may be the best sources of current information.

• Books, subject/industry-specific books, official publications, and specialized sources are generally the best sources of authoritative information.

• Hearing from other people that know about the information you are looking for

What is the first step to get source information?

• Finding research by source type

• Primary and Secondary documents

• Identifying scholarly & popular sources

• Finding Peer-Reviewed articles

What is peer review 🤔?

• A person who is the same age or has the same social position or the same abilities as other people in a group

• The evaluation of work by one or more people with similar occupations as the producers of the work

• Learning to identify scholarly and non-scholarly sources of information

• It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field used to maintain quality standards and provide credibility.

Why should I know about peer-reviewed articles? 🤫

• It helps our life to get better and catch up with the trend

• You can know about the latest news and informative knowledge

• It helps us to identify our peer group

• It helps us to identify accurate and credible sources from inaccurate ones.

Choose 2 correct answers. Which one is identifying scholarly? (CHECKBOX) 😘

• A publication, such as a journal, that includes papers and articles, which record and discuss the results of original research

• Often times written by journalists or professional writers for a general audience

• Qualifications/credentials of the author(s) are given in the paper

• Uses language that is easily understood by general readers and is written for the public

What is OPVL Technique? 📁

• Technique for finding reliable sources.

• Technique for analyzing historical sources.

• Technique for analyzing informative sources.

• It is used when you want to make a research.

What is "P" in OPVL Technique? ✍️

• Purpose

• Possible

• Procrastinate

• Professional

• Plan