- Formats and Types of Information
- General-Specific
- Scholarly-Popular
- Primary-Secondary
- Free-Fee
Free-Fee Information Types, page 1 of 2
The World Wide Web is a huge network of computers and serves as a convenient source of a variety of information and information types. Sites provide up to the minute news and information about current events, trends and controversial topics. Unfortunately, there is no quality control on the Web; anyone can "publish" anything at anytime. As a result, information is frequently inaccurate or biased, and outdated. Only verifiable information should be used for academic research papers.
Scholarly information is usually not "free" on the open Web. The Sawyer Library, as with any academic library, carefully reviews and chooses the information it acquires (such as books and journals) and provides access to (such as the subscription databases). Librarians make every effort to identify, acquire, and provide only verifiable, quality information resources through our collections to support the curriculum.