SOURCING

The place where something begins, where it springs into being

Example: "The italian beginning of the renaissance"

A document (or organization) from which information is obtained

Example: "The reporter had two sources for the story"

Anything that provides inspiration for later work

A facility where something is available

A person who supplies information

Someone who originates or causes or initiates something

Example: "He was the generator of several complaints"

(technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system

Example: "A heat source"

Anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies

Example: "An infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival"

A publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to

Example: "He carried an armful of references back to his desk"