Chapter 4: Compiling a Research Bibliography

Chapter 4: Compiling a Research Bibliography

1. Types of Sources

   • Primary Source
   • Secondary Source

2. Resource Pyramid

   • Academic Journals
     • Scholarly books
       • Documents and vertical files
         • Specialized Magazine
           • General Magazine, Interest
             • General Encyclopedia
             • Daily Inquirer

3. General References

   • Bibliographies
     • Guide to Reference Books
       • Eugene Sheehy
     • lists books articles, documents and research
     • Example
       • Philippine National Bibliography
       • The Philippine Essay and General Literature Index
       • Chinese in the Philippines
       • A Bibliography of Filipino novels
   • Encylopedia
     • Overview of the topic
     • Encyclopedia and Britannica
     • No encyclopedia was made for / by the filipinos but there are books that are encyclopedia in scope
       • Documentary Source of Philippine History
       • Kasaysayan: the story of the People
       • The Filipino Nation: A concise History of the Philippines
       • Tuklas Sining: Essays on the Philippine Arts
       • The Cultural Center of the Philippines
   • Dictionaries, fact books and other references
     • Dictionaries,
       • Oxford English Dictionary
         • most comprehensive
       • Concordance
         • records where a word was used
     • Almanacs and Fact Books
       • general info, statistics, lists and miscellaneous trivia in capsule form
     • Yearbooks
       • summarizes the event
     • Philippine Counterpart
       • Census Population and Housing
       • Statistical Handbook of the Philippines
       • Philippine Statistical Yearbook
       • Philippine Yearbook
       • Fookien Times Philippine Yearbook
       • Dictionary of Philippine Biography
         • Most scholarly
       • Social Weather Station
         • SWS
         • local and foreign surveys
         • country's social climate
   • Periodicals