Information that is provided by spirit (5)
I believe the answer is:
genie
'spirit' is the definition.
(I know that genie is a type of spirit)
'information that is provided by' is the wordplay.
'information' becomes 'gen' (gen can informally mean information).
'that is' becomes 'ie' (abbreviation for id est, 'that is' in Latin).
'provided by' says to put letters next to each other.
'gen'+'ie'='GENIE'
(Other definitions for genie that I've seen before include "Arabian jinn or spirit" , "Bottled spirit?" , "Obedient spirit of Arabian folklore" , "Helpful (?) spirit" , "Magician residing in a lamp" .)