1. What We Mean WhenWe Talk AboutSourcesDimond LibraryUniversity of New Hampshire

2. Professors want you to useSourcesWhat dothey mean?What are thedifferences?Why? How? 3. You Will Learn About: Primary, secondary and tertiary sources Scholarly and popular sources How different sources can contribute to yourresearch Source formats or types 4. Primary, Secondary & TertiarySources 5. Primary Sources Events Original news reporting Diaries/Journals/Logs Letters Works of literature Paintings & sculptures Historical documents Artifacts Census information Surveys Photographs Manuscripts Interviews Speeches Original research Original data 6. Primary SourcesWhathappened? First hand accounts Examples DataScholars&ResearchersCritique other workAdd new scholarshipUse primarysources laterin the researchprocess 7. Secondary Sources Books Documentaries Magazine articles Newspaper reporting after anevent Scholarly journal articles Collections: Anthologies Music albums Museum exhibitions Textbooks Encyclopedias 8. Secondary SourcesFind & Use Early Bulk of Research Make Time to Read 9. Reference SourcesTertiary (3rd tier) sources Encyclopedias Bibliographies Almanacs Dictionaries Biographical sources Manuals Handbooks Gazetteers Atlases 10. Reference SourcesStartHereBackgroundInformationDefinitionsTimelines 11. Reference Sources 12. Research Irony1TertiarySources Introductory material2Secondarysources In-depthinformation3Primarysources Support &Evidence 13. Sources Across DisciplinesSource: adapted from http://panchanityiewsawat.blogspot.com/2011_09_01_archive.html 14. TipsPrimaryConsiderContent Currency AvailabilitySecondaryBothSecondaryTertiaryOR& & 15. Sources and the Library Secondary sources Special collections and archives Primary sources can also be found within somesecondary sources. Bibliographies 16. Sources and the InternetPrimary sourcesSecondary sourcesCareful evaluation is needed for allwebsites. 17. Cycle of InformationUse a variety of sources! 18. Next StepsDevelopvocabularyBe creativeand flexible 19. Scholarly and PopularSources 20. Scholarly SourcesWritten byand forExpertsLanguage 21. Scholarly Versus PopularSourcesScholarlySources Popular GeneralPublic Language Peer-reviewed Citations Lengthy articles Dense?Sources 22. Popular Sources Advertisements Graphics Short articles Glossy paper? 23. Scholarly vs. PopularSource: http://www.mesacc.edu/~megez02331/IFS101/Info_InfoSources/mobile_pages/Information_InformationSources5.html 24. Source Formats 25. Formats of SourcesPrintElectronicAudio/VideoMicroformOnlineVisual/3D 26. Tips for Using SourcesMonographs FormatsAccess 27. Formats in the LibraryReferenceSourcesEbooksJournalArticles 28. Formats and the Internet Increasingly digitized Pre-1923 in publicdomain After 1923 = Copyrightprotected 29. Next StepsIdentify Sources &FormatsBe Creative & Flexible 30. Need Help?http://www.library.unh.edu/research-support/ask-a-librarian 31. Thanks for watching!