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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

- Atlases

- Books

- Periodicals/Journals

Terminology

Basics

Checklist

- 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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Checklist:

The following is a checklist that is useful when consulting a periodical.

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  Author   Correct name(s) of author(s) of the article.  
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  Article title   Correct title of the article. It may be written across two pages, and it may have a sub title which you should also indicate and use when referring to the article.  
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t Periodical title t Correct title of the periodical:
  • check for a leading article (A, The, An)
  • check for unusual spelling of words
  • check for different formats of the title: the cover title and the title on the editorial page may differ.
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t Numbers t The correct numbering of the periodical: volume and issue or seasonal number, e.g. Volume 3, Issue 6. t
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  Date   The correct date of the journal.  
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  Pages   The correct page references. These are the pages of the article that you used or quoted in your research.  
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