s2 finding information
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Finding Information Planning & Running an Information Search
Information-seeking
Think about a time recently when you were looking for information.
How did you identify that you needed information?
What did you do to find the information you required (if you were successful!)?
When did you stop looking?
Research is not just academic Finding a phone number
Looking up symptoms when you’re ill
Selecting a broadband provider
Buying car insurance
The research cycle
Can you map your
example onto this structure?
Plan
Run the search
Retrieve results
Evaluate the
results
Save the
results
Modify and re-run the search
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