1. TYPES OF INFORMATION SOURCES
Published works
Unpublished works

2. Published works Government publications Journals Newspapers
Monographs and textbooks
Reference works
Audio Visual
Electronic media

3. Government publications
Official publication issued by a government publishing facility
Examples:
Statutes
Acts
Government gazette
Debates of parliament (Hansard)

4. 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

5. 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

6. Textbooks / Monographs
Publications that deal comprehensively with a specific subject

7. 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 who’s who)
Yearbooks (South African yearbook, Yearbook 2001 United Nations)
Address books (The World of Learning 2001)

8. Audio Visual Media
Other media such as audio cassettes or videos

9. Electronic Media Information that is electronically available
CD Rom programs (eg. Heart sounds & murmurs, Procedural skills…)
eBooks (Textbook of pediatrics, The 5-minute consult, Harrison’s textbook of internal medicine…)
eJournals (Lancet, British medical journal)

10. Unpublished works Human sources Dissertations / Theses Reports
Grey literature
Information on the Internet

11. Human sources
Lecturers
Colleagues
And others

12. Dissertations / Theses
Research work prepared as part of an academic course for a higher degree
Copy usually made available in library of university

13. Research / Progress reports
Written description of a completed research project or an interim progress report

14. Grey literature
Information that is not available through the normal book selling channels such as reports, manuscripts and patents

15. 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)

16. 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

17. Why library training?
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