Seminar on Types of information need

Presentation by Shivakumar G.T. II M.L.I. Sc Dos in L.I.S Manasagangothri

TYPES OF INFORMATION Need

•Published works

•Unpublished works

Published works

•Government publications

•Journals

•Newspapers

•Monographs and textbooks

•Reference works

•Audio Visual

•Electronic media

Government publications

Official publication issued by a government publishing facility

Examples:

•Statutes

•Acts

•Government gazette

•Debates of parliament (Hansard)

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

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

Textbooks / Monographs

Publications that deal comprehensively with a specific subject

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)

Audio Visual Media

Other media such as audio cassettes or videos

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)

Unpublished works

•Human sources

•Dissertations / Theses

•Reports

•Grey literature

•Information on the Internet

•Email

Human sources

•Lecturers

•Colleagues

•And others

Dissertations / Theses

•Research work prepared as part of an academic course for a higher degree

•Copy usually made available in library of university

Research / Progress reports

Written description of a completed research project or an interim progress report

Grey literature

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

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)

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

Why library training?• Feel like this when it

comes to looking for information in the library?

Conclusion Libraries, many of their resources and

services, and the information experts who work in libraries appear to be increasingly less

visible in a universe of abundant information, but without data we could not say with any certainty how extensive this apparent shift has become. The Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources report provides this data.

Thank you