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Unit 9: Information Sources

The above discussion states that documentary sources either conventional of non-convinental, are Notes
equally important, as all of them certain information which is useful to some or the other sections of
the society.

Self Assessment

State whether the following statements are True or False:
5. Books are the source of secondary information.
6. Reviews and surveys are the source of primary informations.
7. According to Dennis Grogan tertiary sources of information includes the Yearbooks and
directories, bibliographies, guides to the literature etc.

9.3 Summary

y Information originates from an idea that creeps in the mind, as a result of observation. These
idea/facts when organized or processed to convey significant meaning about something, is
information.
y The term ‘information’ has been defined by Eliahu Hoffman as: ‘Information is an aggregate
(collection or accumulation) of statements, or facts or figures which are conceptually (by way
if reasoning, logic, ideas, or any other mental “mode of operation” interrelated (connected).

9.4 Keywords

Information: Information originates from an idea that creeps in the mind, as a result of observation.
These idea/facts when organized or processed to convey significant meaning about something, is
information.
Procedural Information: Procedural information relates to the means by which the data of the
investigation is obtained, manipulated, and tested, it is certainly methodological, and from it has
been derived, the ‘scientific attitude’.
Stimulatory Information: Stimulatory information that is transmitted by direct- communication the
contagious enthusiasm of another individual-but whether directly or indirectly communicated, it is
probably the most difficult of all forms of information to systematize.

9.5 Review Questions

1. Define information. What are the key sources of information?
2. What are the key characteristics of information?
3. What are the major theories of information?
4. What are the different types of information?

Answers: Self Assessment

1. Observation 2. Person Affiliation
3. Message 4. Conceptual Information
5. False 6. False
7. True

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