Lecture 2 - EP004managecourse

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“Your goals are the road maps that guide
you and show you what is possible for your
life – Les Brown
EP004
Information Literacy &
Research Skills
Semester 1, 2011
Week 3 / Lecture 2
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 Visit
Amazing 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 1
ANALYSE 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 concepts
Group 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”
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