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'''Information source''' may refer to:

{{Selfref|“Reliable source” redirects here. For the use of information(reliable) sources on Wikipedia, see [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources]].}}

An '''information source''' is a person, thing, or place from which [[information]] comes, arises, or is obtained. Information souces can be known as primary or secondary.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dictionary.com/browse/source|title=the definition of source|website=Dictionary.com|access-date=2017-04-25}}</ref> That source might then inform a person about something or provide knowledge about it. Information sources are divided into separate distinct categories, [[primary source|primary]], [[secondary source|secondary]], [[tertiary source|tertiary]], and so on.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://libguides.merrimack.edu/research_help/Sources|title=LibGuides: Research Help: Types of Sources|last=Wong|first=CJ|website=libguides.merrimack.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-04-25}}</ref>

*[[Information source (mathematics)]], a kind of sequence of random variables

==See also==

*[[Source text]], a text (sometimes oral) from which information or ideas are derived

* [[Guide to information sources]]

* [[Guide to information sources]], a kind of "metabibliography". Ideally it is not just a listing of bibliographies, reference works and other source texts, but more like a textbook introducing users to the information sources in a given field (in general).

* {{unichar|2139|Information source}}, a grapheme used to indicate the existence of an [[information sign|information board]] or to highlight other information in a manual

{{disambiguation}}

==References==

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[[Category:Library science]]

[[Category:Epistemology]]

[[Category:Sources]]

[[Category:Works about history]]

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