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Evaluating Information
   
 

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About Information Literacy

STEP 1: STARTING out

STEP 2: FINDING

STEP 3: EVALUATE

- Fact vs opinion

- Currency

- Authority

- Intended audience

- Publishing body

- Popular vs academic

- Primary & secondary info

- Critical reading

- Eliminate irrelevant info

- CARS checklist

- Quiz

STEP 4: Legal & ethical USE

STEP 5: COMMUNICATE


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Eliminate irrelevant information

You might feel that you are overloaded with too much information and don't know where to start. Read through selected documentation and highlight the relevant information. By doing this you eliminate irrelevant information.

The different stages of eliminating irrelevant information

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