Introduction
This unit will help you to identify and use information in education, whether for your work, study or personal purposes. Experiment with some of the key resources in this subject area, and learn about...
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By the end of this guide you should be able to:conduct your own searches efficiently and effectively;find references to material in bibliographic databases;make efficient use of full text electronic...
View Article1.1.1 Assessing your current level of knowledge
If you explore all the resources and activities in this unit, you might need to allow between two and nine hours to complete it.Before you read this guide, why not use the self-assessment questions on...
View Article1.1.2 Key resources
When you need to find information in education, how confident are you that you know the best places to search (e.g. search engines, subject gateways, online databases etc.) to find the information you...
View Article1.1.3 Searching for information on education
How well does the following statement match what you do when you begin a new search for information?Before I begin a new search for information (maybe for an assignment, or to help you choose your next...
View Article1.1.4 Evaluating information
How well does the following statement describe your approach to evaluating the information that you use?When I come across a new piece of information (e.g. a website, newspaper article) I consider the...
View Article1.1.5 Organising information
How confident are you that you know when it is appropriate to cite references (refer to the work of other people) in your written work?5 – Very confident4 – Confident3 – Fairly confident2 – Not very...
View Article1.1.6 Keeping up-to-date
How familiar are you with the following different ways of keeping up to date with information; alerts, mailing lists, newsgroups, blogs, RSS, professional bodies and societies?5 – Very familiar4 –...
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1.2.1 Planning your search
Your approach to searching will depend to a great extent on what kind of person you are. In an ideal world, when searching for information for a specific purpose, we would all find what exactly we were...
View Article1.2.2 Choosing keywords
Keywords are significant words which define the subject you are looking for. The importance of keywords is illustrated by the fact that there is a whole industry around providing advice to companies on...
View Article1.2.3 Basic principles
Whatever resource you choose to use to find information on the internet, many of the same principles apply. Each source that you use will probably look quite different from the one you tried before,...
View Article1.3.1 Introduction
You can find a lot of information about education on the internet.To find this information you might choose to use:search engines and subject gateways;books and electronic...
View Article1.3.2 Search engines and subject gateways
Although both search engines and subject gateways will help you find the resources that you need, the types of information that you find will differ.Search engines such as Google and Yahoo! search the...
View Article1.3.3 Books and electronic books
Books are a good source of information. The publishing process (where a book is checked by an editor before publishing, and often reviewed by another author) means that books are reliable sources of...
View Article1.3.4 Databases
At a basic level, a database is a collection of information which can be searched. It is a way of storing, indexing, organising and retrieving information. You may have created one yourself to keep...
View Article1.3.5 Images
Images can also be found online. Some useful image databases are:FlickrA photo sharing website that contains pictures relating to all subjects. Note that in order to reuse a picture from this site you...
View Article1.3.6 Journals
Journals and articles written by academics or experts are an excellent source of information. Journals are usually published monthly or quarterly, and contain a selection of articles providing details...
View Article1.3.7 Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias can be useful reference texts to use to start your research. There are some available online, such as:WikipediaA freely available collaborative encyclopedia.Encyclopedia BritannicaThis...
View Article1.3.8 News sources
Many news sources are now available online. Searching an online version of a newspaper is easier, quicker and more effective than searching through printed indexes, microfilm or actual...
View Article1.3.9 Reports
Often research results, policy documents, conference papers etc. do not always get published through official channels in journals, books or conference proceedings. Consequently they may be more...
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