One means by which information can be acquired is by use of social relations that are maintained for other purposes. … All these are examples of social relations that constitute a form of social capital that provides information that facilitates action. The relations in this case are not valuable for the "credit slips" they provide in the form of obligations that one holds for others' performances or for the trustworthiness of the other party but merely for the information they provide.

DEFINE: Distinguishes information-providing social capital from obligation-based 'credit slip' social capital, clarifying a subtype of the concept.

Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, loc. 99