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

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 your lecturer

Library Visit

Form Teams of 3

At least one team member needs:Phone that can take photos

Money on card to print in library

Introduction – by Reference Desk staff

“Amazing Race”