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EP004Information Literacy &Research SkillsSemester 1, 2011Week 3 / Lecture 2
“Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life –
Les Brown
Overview
Share the important links you identified between “information literacy” and “the research cycle”
Review Research Cycle
Step 4 – Search
Comments on reading
Library Website
Library VisitAmazing Race
Outcomes of Lecture
Analyse a topic
Create a brainstorm
Establish concepts/keywords
Navigate and find sources in the ND library
The Happy Couple
“Information Literacy and Research Cycle”
List at least 4 points that “cement the relationship between information literacy and the research cycle”
Research Cycle
Find a diagram of research cycle on the internet
Copy and paste onto a word doc
Highlight the 1st three steps
Next to each step list the important points of that step.
Practise Step 1ANALYSE THE TOPIC / QUESTION
What are the 3 parts of a topic / question?
Analyse the following topic/question:
“Discuss the ways information technology has changed work and
working practices in the past 10 years.”
Practise step 2 & 3
Identify the main concepts (using the keywords and limiters)BRAINSTORM ideas for each concept for 2 minutes.Create a concept table or map to ESTABLISH KEYWORDS.
STEP 4 - SEARCH
STEP 4 of the ‘research cycle’ - SEARCH
“Search Smarter, Search Faster”
Comments on the reading:Form a group of 4 (move if necessary)
List as many points about searching as you can [from your reading / video “Search Smarter, Search Faster”]
Share with class
“Search Smarter, Search Faster”
Identify key concepts
Find synonyms for your key conceptsGroup together in brackets using a boolean = “or”
Use a thesaurus or synonym dictionary to find synonyms
Search key concepts using a boolean = “and” between brackets
Directed Study - Homework
Create own diagram of the research cycle” on a PPT slide
Email slide to your lecturer