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Page: 1 of 12 Page 1: Introduction Page 2: Information Literacy Page 3: Discovering what information is available Page 4: Getting hold of the information you need Page 5: Search strategies Page 6: Effective searching - structured databases Page 7: Casting the net wide Page 8: Narrowing the field Page 9: Excluding irrelevant content from your search Page 10: Boolean operators and search engines Page 11: Phrase in search engines Page 12: Information resources after you graduate « Prev | Next »  

How information is structured and made available in the real world

To use the tutorial please click on the orange buttons or use the 'Prev' or 'Next' links at the top and bottom of the page.

By the end of this tutorial you should be able to:

  • List at least three skills that contribute to information literacy
  • Name three types of information resource that may be useful for researching a study topic
  • List three criteria that help to evaluate information sources found using internet search engines
  • Describe how to plan a search
  • Name the three basic Boolean operators and describe how they are used

This tutorial should take about 30 minutes to complete


Page: 1 of 12 Page 1: Introduction Page 2: Information Literacy Page 3: Discovering what information is available Page 4: Getting hold of the information you need Page 5: Search strategies Page 6: Effective searching - structured databases Page 6: Casting the net wide Page 6: Narrowing the field Page 6: Excluding irrelevant content from your search Page 6: Boolean operators and search engines Page 6: Phrase in search engines Page 6: Information resources after you graduate « Prev | Next »