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Information and Literature Survey in Social Sciences

Notes The following are the different types of formal sources:
Pamphlets

Pamphlets provide up- to–date material that has not yet been included in conventional reference tools.
They contain material for distribution, produced by an incredible number of agencies, international,
national and local, mostly in the fields of politics, economics, social–services, religion ad as part of
information material issued by the public relations bureau of different governments, a large part of
which is propaganda literature.

Reprints

Latest information of material available in journals can be had in the form of reprints. They also
constitute a good source of information especially in research or scientific libraries, instead of acquiring
all of them only those which are not available in the original periodical form should be selected for
acquisition.

Prints

Information is, at times, stored in the form of art reproductions that are available on sale, which may
be useful for libraries attached to cultural institutions, fine arts academics, etc. They may be in the
form of paintings, graphic arts and drawings, sculpture, decorative arts, etc. they may be encased in
hanging folders so that any particular picture may be located and produced for use, by readers.

Newspapers Clippings

Newspapers are the current source of information on events, topics and other matter. An important
service of any special or academic libraries is to collect news items related to the institutions activities
for reference. These clippings may be stored for further consultation in the form of ready reference.
Plans and Charts

Information of any kind arranged in tabular form or graphically by means of curves, as well as
anything drawn on a plane, the structure of a building, landscape, design, etc. may be termed as
‘plans’ and ‘charts Information stored in these forms also help in understanding the material quickly
and presenting the concepts clearly.
They form an important part of special libraries, dealing with art and architecture, etc.

Manuscripts

A manuscript is any work written by hand on paper, parchment, palm-leaf, etc. most of which remain
unpublished. They are considered as primary material for research work and many research libraries
have a rich collection of such material.

Dissertations

They are the product of research work conducted in academic institutions. Some of them are published
in the form of monographs, but most of this type of material, which is not printed, is not even mentioned
in trade catalogues, although they are cited in subject’s bibliographies and specialized indexes.
They are sources of primary information and are of great importance to research scholars and
academicians.

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