Developing research skills in the web age

Developing research skills in the web age

LINDSAY WARWICK

http://www.macmillanskillful.com

http://tinyurl.com/ogzqvaf

What is it?Where does it live?Why is it endangered?How big is it?How does it survive in a forest environment?

Information literacy

“Information literacy is knowing when and why you need information, where to find it, and how to evaluate, use and communicate it in an ethical manner.”

Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals

Why is information literacy important?

Epipheo.tv “What the Internet is doing to our brains” (YouTube)

from BLAUGH.com

Sourcing information

Site comparison: Analyse top three results

Ease of use

Quality of results

Timeliness of results

To wiki or not to wiki?

You want to know...

...where the aye aye lives.

...in which direction water drains in the northern and

southern hemisphere?

...the positive and negative effects of slum tourism.

...how education can overcome overpopulation and overconsumption.

...ways to treat a migraine.

Evaluating online sources

Be critical!

Truth or myth?

Water drains in a different direction in the northern and southern hemisphere.

The Great Wall of China is the only man-made object to be seen from space.

Body heat disappears mostly through the head.

Eating carrots helps your eyesight.

Women say 13,000 more words a day than men.

What the Internet says

“...the answer is

no.”

Robert Ehrlich

“For household sinks,

tubs and toilets, this is

a myth.”

Paul Doherty

“It is based on a scientific principle known as the Coriolis Effect.”livescience.com

“...draining water swirls clockwise in the north and anti-clockwise in the south.”uk.answers.yahoo.com

“’I’ve observed the phenomenon in my own hotel room, as I’m sure have millions of others.Luka Clarke

Bookmarking

Evaluating information

Currency

Reliability

Validity Relevance

Skillful Reading & Writing 4, Boyle & Warwick, Macmillan 2014

funlexia.com

Is it ethical?

•A student includes a quote with no source.

•A student copies a diagram and sources it.

•A student uses part of a previously written essay to form a new essay for a new course.

•A student includes a well-known fact without a source.

•A student sources an idea but puts it into her own words.

•A student asks a friend to write part of an essay for them.

Avoiding plagiarism

http://library.camden.rutgers.edu

Skillful Reading & Writing 4, Boyle & Warwick, Macmillan 2014

Cartoon by Google blogscoped

Useful resources

http://tinyurl.com/ogzqvafhttp://www.macmillanskillful.com

Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)Cardiff University Information Literacy Resource

Bank (ILRB)Chartered Institute of Library and Information

Professionals (CILIP)