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Defining Keywords:

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About Information Literacy

STEP 1: STARTING out

- Your information need

- Think about your need

- Read about your topic

- Defining keywords

Draw mind map

Broader & narrower terms

Other spellings

Examples per faculty:

Business

Mind map

Engineering

Mind map

Health & Wellness

Mind map

Applied Sciences

Mind map

Education & Social

Mind map

Informatics & Design

Mind map

- Cost of information

- Summary

- Quiz

STEP 2: FINDING

STEP 3: EVALUATE

STEP 4: Legal & ethical USE

STEP 5: COMMUNICATE


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Write down everything you know about your topic as well as what you would like to know!!! Our topic, for illustrative purposes, is "Aids in the workplace".

Identify keywords, concepts and terms on this topic. This will help you to identify areas that need more searching than others. Your mind map might look something like this:

Mindmap