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Audio tape Internet
Cable TV Publication/articles
CD-ROM/software Satellite broadcasting
Computer based training Teleconference/Audio conference
Correspondence (written) courses Videotapes
Email Web cast
Fax transmissions Workbooks
4.4 Reference Materials
The most basic learning resource is the body of existing information related to a subject. The
material can be in the form of books, journals, technical papers, brochures, magazines,
newspapers, thesis and dissertations, and in the many forms of digital media, and be found
for purchase from various sources, in libraries, in broadcast media, and on internet websites.
The internet has done much to make such sources of information available, but accessibility
is often challenged by the volume of material available on the web. The information relating
to a particular subject is not necessarily to be found in a single, centralized easily accessed
location. Mature subject matter and technology is far more likely to be easily accessible, with
organized, comprehensive industry websites. This is typically far less true of new and
emergent technology that may be largely uncategorized and unrecognized as a discrete
subject matter.
4.4.1 Case Studies
This is a classic and heavily utilized reference format in the building arts. Case studies can
provide significant value to the user by documenting projects in a manner that presents
experience based upon completed works. The content can include various aspects of
concept, building form, programmatic content, structural design, a unique building form or
technology, materials and processes, and detail design. Examples of case study subject
matter may include:
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