info literacy & online research for media production
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Presentation slides from info lit session for Media ProductionTRANSCRIPT
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Introduction to research methods:
information literacy and the internet
Sarah Wilcock
Eastwood Learning Centre
London College of Fashion Library 1950s
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Aims of today’s session
• To establish what information literacy is
• To give you some tips on how to
research effectively
• To demonstrate some useful websites
(for your assignments!)
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What is information literacy?
Buzz group task:
What do you think information literacy
is?
Come up with one idea to feedback to the
class
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What is 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 ”
Definition by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
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How can you practice information
literacy?
• Do you know how to use the learning centre catalogue?
• Do you use contents pages and indexes?
• Do you search the internet effectively?
• Do you evaluate resources and think about them critically?
• Do you cite and reference the information you use in assignments?
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Research techniques 1: books &
journals
• WebView – the Learning Centre catalogue
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Books and Journals
Remember to use…
• Contents pages
• Indexes
• Bibliographies
• Library catalogues
• Learning Centre staff
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Research techniques 2: using the
internet
Too much information?
Reliability of information?
Google is not a brand
Copying and pasting
• Some tips…
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Finding what you need on the
web: search tips
• Use key words
• Use synonyms
• Use operators e.g. AND OR
• BE CRITICAL!
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Evaluating internet resources: being
critical
• When was it written?
• Who wrote it?
• Why was it written
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Evaluating internet resources:
things to consider
Can you see:
- An author
- A date
- A purpose
- Contact/ About us page
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Evaluating internet resources:
things to consider
• Do you trust the web address?
• A web address gives you insight into a sites
purpose, reliability, and relevance
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/ (commercial companies)
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/ (not for profit organisations)
- http://www.culture.gov.uk/ (government departments)
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Evaluating websites…
Buzz group task…
Compare these two sites:
http://www.worldbank.org
and
http://www.whirledbank.org
What do you think?
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Take a look at…
http://www.malepregnancy.com/
http://www.dhmo.org/
Any feedback?
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Research tip: use resources that have
already been checked e.g. Moodle…
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Learning centre resources…
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Look for your subject area…
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Use Moodle to find…
• Useful websites
• Journals
• Careers information
• Information on Harvard referencing (next week!)
• Useful presentations from the Further Education
National Consortium – info for your assignments!
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Film & Sound Online- Access via Athens
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Issues Online: media
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Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
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Intute: collect some quality resources…
Try the virtual
learning suite
Take the tour
and use this
opportunity to
bookmark
some useful,
and reliable
resources
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Next week…
Referencing and bibliographies
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Thank you for listening…
Any questions?
Don’t forget to sign up for an Athens
password if you haven’t got one