Comparing and Contrasting

Contents of a Material Viewed

with Outside Sources
Classify and tell whether the materials listed below are primary or
secondary sources of information? Write P if the material is primary
or S if the material is secondary, T for tertiary.
______ 1. Letters and diaries ______ 6. Encyclopedia
______ 2. History Textbooks ______ 7. Newspaper
______ 3. Government documents ______ 8. Journals
______ 4. Manuscripts ______ 9. Magazines
______ 5. Video tapes ______ 10. Artifact
Outside sources of information

Information can come from virtually anywhere — media,

blogs, personal experiences, books, journal and magazine
articles, expert opinions, encyclopedias, and web pages —
and the type of information you need will change depending
on the question you are trying to answer.
Three major sources of information

1. Primary Source
2. Secondary sources
3. Tertiary Source
 Specific Information Sources

1.) Scholarly Articles

These are documents written by experts or scholars discussing results
of scholarly works and uses technical language like research.
2.) Books
Sources providing information in detail segregated into chapter or
parts with a synthesized version of information
3.)Government Documents
These are reports, census, policies, data, and statistics issued and
published by the government and its attached agencies.
4.) News/Magazine Articles
These are sources containing timely, brief, and non-technical
explanations of events or commentaries for the general public which
contains opinions and news.
5.) Reference Materials
These are sources containing answers to questions such as
statistics, maps, background information, (re) directing to
additional sources. These are factual and detailed.
How to verify the content of the information
1. Accessibility- It is the ability of being easy to find, obtain
and use.
A. Image Accessibility – provides additional information
about the text or concept.
Example: Icon images are alternative to text that can be an
effective way to express meaning.
B. Text Accessibility – arrangement of words for easy access
Example: Navigability where each chapter heading and sub-headings are
set out in the table of contents.

C. Audio Accessibility – provides additional information through

listening skills
Example: Audio description describes relevant and key visual
information to viewers who can’t see the screen or text.
D. Video Accessibility – provides additional information through listening and viewing skill
Example: captions/descriptive transcript (considers the low background audio; use current
video format for the web
2. Effectiveness
It is a degree to which something is successful in producing a desired result. An information is
effective if:
 It satisfies the expectations of the academic community and the readers.
 It is simple enough to become attainable by the readers/audience whom you exhibit the
information.