| Library |
A system of providing resources to members of a learning community |
| Resource |
Any text, graphic, sound recording, videograph or computer program. Most resources are either software or paper. |
| Copyleft |
Resources with copyright provisions that allow free use redistribution. There are many kinds of copyleft, e.g. free for education, free to edit, free to circulate but not edit, etc. |
| CTO |
Chief Technical Officer |
| Open access |
Resources that are provided over the Internet without fee. |
| Open source |
Software with copyright provisions that allow free redistribution. There are many versions of conditions, much like copyleft. |
| Textbook |
A resource that is followed in a course of instruction. The outline of the course usually follows the outline of the resource. Textbooks are normally tertiary sources (q.v.). |
| Reference book |
A resource that is used to search specific information and not to be read as a whole (e.g. dictionary) |
| Primary source |
Resources that contain the thoughts of people as they originally thought them before a translator, reviewer, commentator, or editor interpreted them. E.g.:
• Published sources are journal articles, monographs, books of research articles, and some research theses.
• Unpublished sources include original minutes of meetings, letters, reports, diaries, official records, conference proceedings, research theses, etc.
• Fieldwork records, such as observation notes, questionnaire answers, interview notes, etc.
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| Secondary source |
Resources that contain the thoughts of primary sources in a form interpreted by a translator, reviewer, commentator, or editor. |
| Tertiary source |
Explanatory sources, such as textbooks and popular reading. |