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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
- Encyclopaedias
What is it?
Types
- 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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What is an encyclopaedia?
"It is a book, often in various volumes, containing
articles on various topics, often arranged in alphabetical order,
dealing either with the whole range of human knowledge or with
one particular subject."
Definition source: The Collins English Dictionary
1989:503
Where to find encyclopaedias?
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Encyclopaedias are reference works and therefore
kept in the Reference section.
- General encyclopaedias will be in the REF 030 to 039 classes.
- Subject encyclopaedias will be held at the classification number
for the subject, e.g.
- Encyclopaedia of science = REF 503,
- Encyclopaedia of mathematics = REF 510.3,
- Encyclopaedia of physics = REF 530.03,
- Encyclopaedia of art = REF 703.
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