1. *I
would go to the librarian and ask what a “biogeography” was and have them guide
me. Or I would go onto the library data base and look up a definition in a
subject encyclopedia. This may also give me an idea of what it should look like.
*An encyclopedia would be background information. *and will be considered a
secondary source.
2. *By
doing research in one or all of the three types of periodicals you can find.
You can also use informational sources such as the newspaper, and magazines to
find information on the subject. If you are doing a paper or something that
will be graded or submitted in some way for further use then I would suggest
looking at some scholarly periodicals that have been peer reviewed. *These are
forms of background information. However if the journal is a collection of
articles written by scholars in an academic or professional field it is considered
foreground information. *If you use journal articles that talks about the
warming of the climate or changing of the climate and is an interpretation of
what the scientist found then it is a secondary source.
3. *I
would look in a data base for primary articles dealing with “anger issues,
intervention” or “anger management”. *These would be considered Foreground information
ant featured. * Scholarly articles on the subject and academic
journals or scientific journals are secondary information.
4. *The
professor would be effective with statistics of the DDT in the water and by
looking in scientific journals for specific research projects done on the
topic. *scientific journals are considered foreground information and this
would be a *primary Source.
5. By
looking in a focused journal you could find out more information. *Foreground
information and it would be * secondary information.
6. Scholarly
journal about the topic found in a data base by searching for president for a
day or short term presidents. *Foreground information and * primary information.
7. They
can be found in the library speak –“Serials” can be both primary and secondary
and
8. *Original
documents, diaries, journals, and pictures are all primary sources *these would
be foreground information.
9. *Trade
publications these are background information and are *secondary information
10. I
would look at magazines that are featured on music. This would be a background
information and primary source.
Lori, You have a good idea about where to look for information and what are primary and secondary sources. Your answers are heavy on the academic side, though some of this information could come from the news, newspapers and magazines.
ReplyDeleteYou also have a good handle on the difference between background an foreground information, though the directions asked for "where in the information cycle" the information was from. For instance a newspaper account of killer bees in San Jose would probably be early in the information cycle and primary information... as would the clothes worn by Lady Gaga.
Congratulations on thinking of trade journals for one of your sources. People seem to forget about those and in the real world we use them a lot.
Keep up the good work,
Sue