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Main Contents Page
About Information Literacy
STEP 1: STARTING out
STEP 2: FINDING
Information finding tools:
- Catalogue
- DDC (Dewey) system
- The Internet
- Databases (incl CD Rom)
Searching techniques:
- Boolean Logic
- Truncation/wildcards
- Phrase searching
Information sources:
- Dictionaries
What is it?
Types
Online
- Encyclopaedias
- Atlases
- Books
- Periodicals/Journals
- Newspapers
- Audio-visual
- Internet
- Broadcast media
- Grey literature
- Conference proceedings
- Maps
- Government publications
- Standards
- Museums
- Archives
- Theses and dissertations
- Quiz
STEP 3: EVALUATE
STEP 4: Legal & ethical USE
STEP 5: COMMUNICATE
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Online dictionaries
Not only do we have dictionaries in paper format, but there are also
many online dictionaries available.
The examples below are online dictionaries. Click on the underlined
words and it will take you to these web sites.

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