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Unit 11: Evaluation of Information Sources in Social Science

y Lead the reader to additional sources. For example, rather than citing in your literature review Notes
a long list of additional sources on a topic, you can simply cite to a comprehensive bibliography
compiled by another researcher
y Distill large quantities of closely related information or data (e.g., a statistical compendium)
y Often contain references and bibliographies that can point you to key primary and secondary
sources
Examples of tertiary sources you could review as part of your overall study include:
y Abstracts
y Almanacs
y Bibliographies (also considered secondary)
y Chronologies
y Dictionaries and Encyclopedias (also considered secondary)
y Directories
y Fact books
y Handbooks
y Indexes, databases, search engines, and bibliographies used to locate primary and secondary
sources
y Manuals
y Statistical compendiums
y Textbooks and course readers (may also be secondary)

Caution Tertiary sources also include user-contributed online resources such as
Wikipedia.

Self Assessment
Fill in the blanks:
6. Tertiary sources are usually not credited to a…………... .
7. ………….consist of information which is a distillation and collection of primary and secondary
sources.

11.4 Evaluation of Distributed and Networked Information Sources

The following constitute the important national networks:-
y INFLIBNET
y NICNET
y INDONET
y ERNET

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