The document discusses different types of information sources, dividing them into documentary and non-documentary sources. Documentary sources are further divided into primary, secondary, and tertiary sources. Primary sources include periodicals, conference proceedings, research reports, patents, standards, theses, annual reports, government publications, and unpublished sources. Secondary sources consist of indexes, bibliographies, reviews, textbooks, and reference books. Tertiary sources provide bibliographies of other sources, directories, guides to literature, and lists of research. Non-documentary sources include humans, organizations, mass media, and cyber media.

1. Information Sources
Presented by
Miss Smita Gupta
Assistant Professor
Department of
Library & Information Science

2. INFORMATION SOURCES
1. Documentary 2. Non-documentary
a.) Primary a.) Humans
b.) Secondary b.) Organisations
c.) Tertiary c.) Mass Media
d.) Cyber Media

3. DOCUMENTARY SOURCES
Primary Secondary Tertiary
1.Periodicals 1.Indexes 1.Bibliography of Bibliographies
2.Conference Proceedings 2.Bibliographies 2.Directory
3.Research Monographs 3.Indexing Periodicals 3.Guide to Literature
4.Research Reports 4.Abstracting Periodicals 4.List of Research in Progress
5.Patents 5.Review 5.Yearbook
6.Standards 6.Treatise
7.Thesis & Dissertation 7.Monograph
8.Annual Report 8.Text Books
9.Government Publications 9.Reference Books
10.Trade Literature (i) Encyclopaedia
11.Unpublished Sources (ii) Dictionary
(iii) Handbook
(iv) Manual
(v) Tables

4. PRIMARY SOURCES
 Periodicals
 Conference Proceedings
 Research Monographs
 Research Reports
 Patents
 Standards
 Thesis & Dissertation
 Annual Report
 Government Publications
 Trade Literature
 Unpublished Sources

5. SECONDARY SOURCES
 Indexes
 Bibliographies
 Indexing Periodicals
 Abstracting Periodicals
 Review
 Treatise
 Monograph
 Text Books
 Reference Books
 (i) Encyclopaedia
 (ii) Dictionary
 (iii) Handbook
 (iv) Manual
 (v) Tables
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6. TERTIARY SOURCES
 Bibliography of Bibliographies
 Directory
 Guide to Literature
 List of Research in Progress
 Yearbook

7. Non-documentary Sources
 Humans
 Organisations
 Mass Media
 Cyber Media

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