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ASSIGNMENT






Submitted to: Miss. JIBY VARGHESE Submitted by:
RINCY VARGHESE
Natural Science
REG. NO: 13350028


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INDEX
TOPIC 1
INTRODUCTION 2
CONTENT 3
TYPES OF RESOURCES 3
I PRINT MEDIA 3
1. Books 3
2. Magazines 4
3. Journals 5
4. Newspaper 5
II MASS MEDIA 6
1. Visual Media 7
2. Internet 7
CONCLUSION 8
REFERENCE 9


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TOPIC:
TYPES OF RESOURCES
FOR
ACCESSING INFORMATION

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INTRODUCTION
Information resources may vary from a speech to a magazine; from cinema to web
sites; from mere thoughts to social media; from books to newspapers etc. They may
be primary sources, secondary sources, tertiary sources and so on. There are many
school of thoughts about ideas on the types of information sources. There is more
information available now than in the history of humanity. And this was made
possible, thanks to the advent of Internet and the recent boom in Television
broadcasting. Even a small thought in some remote corner of the universe has
become ideas to millions in the matter of hours. The Enormity and pace it has
aquired is more than one can imagine. The challenge then becomes is finding the
right information to meet our needs.

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CONTENT
Types of resources
Now-a-days, there are different types of resources available;
I PRINT MEDIA
1. Books: A book is a set of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of
ink, paper, parchment or other materials, usually fastened together to hinge
at one side. a single sheet within a book is called a leaf and each side of a leaf
is called a page books. It may also refer to works of literature or a main
division of such a work. In library and information science, a book is called a
monograph, to distinguish it from serial periodicals such as magazines,
journals, or news papers. books provide in depth coverage of a subject and
are a great resources for students. They are not as current as journal articles,
but like journal they provide citation and bibliographics which can be used to
identify other resources. it can provide broad over views of an event. It cant
be intended for a broad audience depending on the book, ranging from
scholars to general audience. Its content level can range from general public
to expert. Its content level can range from general public to expert. Books are
always dependent on authors
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2. Magazines: Magazines are of two types. They are popular magazines and
professional or trade magazines.
Popular or special interest magazine: popular magazines contain articles
written by journalists and are geared towards a general audience. Unlike
academic journals they do not go through a peer review process and rarely
contain bibliographic citations. It is contained in long form stories. Weekly
magazines begin to discuss the impact of and event on society, culture and
public policy. It can include detailed analysis. It offers perspectives of an event
from particular groups or geared toward specific audiences. Popular
magazines is intended for a general audience or specific non professional
groups.
Eg : News week, time ebony, good house keeping and people.
Professional or trade magazines: professional magazines are specialized
information related to a particular discipline or profession. It is contained in
long form articles or reports. It may provide context and analysis of an event
as it relate to a specific interest group. It is intended for a professional
organizations or groups with similar interests. Article length can vary between
short, easy to understand to lengthy and high specific. Its sources are not
always cited
Eg: variety, info world, restaurant report, chronicle of higher education and
health.
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3. Journals: Journals are often theoretical, carefully , analyzing the impact of an
event on society, culture and public policy and are usually peer reviewed. It is
intended for other scholars, researchers professional and university students
in the field. Terminology and depth of article may be difficult to understand by
novices. Here, articles was written by experts. Always, it includes in depth
information. It includes full documentation of sources. A journal is a
publication that is published in a particular format and is issued at fixed
intervals. Academics, scholars, researchers and other experts in the field often
publish in academic, otherwise known as scholarly journals. Academic journal
tend to focus on a specific area or discipline and are published more
frequently than books.
4. Newspapers: News papers may included statistics, photographs and editorial
coverage. It is intended for general audience. Beginning to apply chronology
to an event and explain why the event occurred. It has a good source of local
and regional news and current events. Often contained editorials, classified
advertisements, sports scores and entertainment information. It was written
by journalists. Audience is the general public. Usually, newspaper was
published daily. Here, authors usually not experts. Through this, all
information are available in are day to day life. News paper articles are usually
published daily about current events and developments. They are great scope
of local information.
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II MASS MEDIA
Mass media are diversified media technologies that are intended to reach a
large audience by mass communication. The technologies through which this
communication takes place varies. Broadcast media such as radio, recorded
music, film and television transmit their information electronically. Print
media use a physical object such as a newspaper, book, pamphlet or comics,
to distribute their information. Outdoor media is a form of mass media that
comprises billboards, signs or placards placed inside and outside of
commercial buildings, sports stadiums, shops and buses. Other outdoor media
include flying billboards (signs in tow of airplanes), blimps, and skywriting.
Public speaking and event organising can also be considered as forms of mass
media. The digital media comprises both Internet and mobile mass
communication. Internet media provides many mass media services, such as
email, websites, blogs, and internet based radio and television. Many other
mass media outlets have a presence on the web, by such things as having TV
ads that link to a website, or distributing a QR Code in print or outdoor media
to direct a mobile user to a website. In this way, they can utilise the easy
accessibility that the Internet has, and the outreach that Internet affords, as
information can easily be broadcast to many different regions of the world
simultaneously and cost-efficiently.
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1 Visual media: are diversified media technologies that are intended to reach a
large audience. The technologies through which this communication takes
place varies. Broadcast media such as radio, recorded music, film and
television transmit their information electronically. information can easily be
broadcast to many different regions of the world simultaneously and cost-
efficiently. News Channels like BBC, CNN etc provides round the clock
information current affairs. Discovery, National Geographic, History, Animal
Plannet, Victor etc are channels those provide a wide sphere of information.
2 Internet: The internet is essentially made up of millions of computers all over
the world that are linked together in a net work that allows people to
exchange information. There are entire books, scholarly journal articles,
magazine articles, newspaper articles, video, feature length movies, music,
games, soft ware can download, self help, shopping, gambling, sports scores,
opportunities to interact with other using e-mail, chat and live voice and video
and lot of information in the internet. It provides more recent, up-to-date
information, including up to the minute updates. For example, reporters can
sit in criminal and civil trials and post blog entries about the trial as it is
actually taking place. It is primarily provided through resources like internet
news sites when related to a specific event. It is intended for a general
audience. A vast array information such as government reports and
conference papers is freely available on the sites. It should be evaluated not
all information is unbiased as even accurate.
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CONCLUSION
An information source is anything that might help a person to get knowledge about
something. Different types of questions require different sources of information.
Information sources may be observation, pictures, organizations, documents,
speeches etc. There is more information available now than in the entire history of
humanity and the amount is still growing. It is also important to understand when
different types of sources will be published about a specific event. The progression of
media coverage about a news worthy event is called the information cycle. Through
this, we can gather knowledge about different types of resources for accessing
information.

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REFERENCE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/types of resources for accessing information
http://www.amazon.com/Information-Resources/
http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/information-resources/index.html
http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/information resources/ index.html