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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
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
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)
