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“Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life – Les Brown. EP004 Information Literacy & Research Skills. Semester II, 2011 Lecturer: Carolyn Crook Week 3 / Lecture 2. Overview.
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“Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life – Les Brown EP004Information Literacy &Research Skills Semester II, 2011 Lecturer: Carolyn Crook Week 3 / Lecture 2
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 Visit • Amazing 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 1 ANALYSE 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 concepts • Group 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
Notre Dame University Library http://library.nd.edu.au/home
Directed Study - Homework • Create own diagram of the research cycle” on a PPT slide • Email slide to Carolyn: carolyn.crook@nd.edu.au • Post a comment on our blog: “How does the research cycle help you?”
Library Visit • Form Teams of 3 • At least one team member needs: • Phone that can take photos • Money on card to print in library • Meet Carolyn in Library /Room 6 – 9.25am • Introduction – by Reference Desk staff • “Amazing Race”