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Presentation for EDU639 on Effective Researching how to be information literate in our digital world.
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Effective Searching
Being Information Literate in a Digital World
(Images2, 2013)
Learn How to Search
Strategies• Help identify sources
• Select the best sources
• Understand search engines– Boolean Logic– Keywords– Phrases
• Utilize other sources– Online libraries– Catalogs– databases
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Why learn effective searching skills?• Be able to find best
resources• Save time•Lifetime skills
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Developing research skills• Information Literacy
Skills– Discover– Evaluate– Use– Filter
• Information Literacy skills help students– Analyze– Strategize– Evaluate– Develop Scholarly Processes
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Research skills
Research skills help
students verify:– What is reliable– Authoritative– Current– Unbiased– Accurate
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Steps for Searching, Verifying, & Evaluating1. Understand and
acknowledge2. Create a Worksheet3. Develop strategy4. Search engines5. Evaluate
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Analyze Websites
• Who is the author?
• Who is the audience?
• What is the purpose?
• Information current?
• Is it Accurate?• Is it Unbiased?
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Primary Sources“primary source, adj. a first-hand, direct source of information or research, such as the words of a person who is the subject, official government records, or the memoirs of others; document examined that had not been amended by a third party…”
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Primary Sources• Letters• Literary manuscripts• Newspapers• Books and monographs• Records• Personal and official
correspondence• Photos• Diaries• Minutes of meetings• Personal memoirs
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Identifying the Best Sources of Information• Online encyclopedias• Books• Scholarly journals• Articles• Publications
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When to use What Source• Books• Scholarly Journals• Magazines• Newspapers
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Topic Current or Old?• Current
– Websites– Newspaper– Magazines
• Older– Almanacs– Yearbooks– Encyclopedias– Books– Scholarly Journals
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Evaluate Internet Sources• Authority• Coverage• Objectivity• Accuracy• Up-to-date• Purpose• Verifiability• Relevance
(Steiner, 1993)
Evaluate Internet Sources
Recognize fact from
fiction– Develop and use critical
thinking skills– Consider the source
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Keep Track of Sources
• Bookmark Sites• Resource Sharing
– Add notes, highlights, and drawings– Capture web pages– Share online research
• Resource Sharing Websites– Scrible– Surfmark– Huddle– Merlot
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Keep Track of Sources
• Social Bookmarking– Twitter – Most Used– Pinterest– Reddit– StumbleUpon– Delicious– Digg
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Keep Track of Sources
• RSS Feeds– NetVibes– ChimpFeedr– Newsblur– Feedly
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Searching is a Mental Game• Games and activities
increase:– Literacy– Problem Solving– Research Skills
• Games and Activities require:– Ability– Repetition– Commitment– Practice– Step by step process
“To prosper in the Digital Age, people
must become masters of
information.” (Stern, 2003)
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