Information SkillsZuyd LibraryInternational Business2012|2013

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• What is the assignment asking you to do.• Identify different types of information sources.

1. Identifying Information

Topic orientation – What do you need?

• Books• (Scholarly) Journals• Newspapers and other press• The Web• Research Databases• Other types of information

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2. Finding Information

• Which search terms?• Which search techniques?

- Phrase searching- Boolean searching- Truncation

Search strategies: How should you search?

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2. Finding Information

To search for a whole phrase, put the words in between quotation marks.

For example:

“global warming”

Search strategies: Phrase searching

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2. Finding Information

Search strategies: Boolean searching

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2. Finding Information

Use the wildcard character ‘*’ to broaden your search.

Buddhis* =

Buddhist, BuddhistsBuddhism

Search strategies: Wildcard (or Truncation)

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2. Finding Information

• Searching the internetGoogle and other search engines (Making the most of Google)

Academic search engines (Google Scholar ~ Scirus)

Subject gateways (Infomine ~ IPL)

Encyclopedias (Wikipedia)

• Searching the Zuyd Library website

Choosing sources: Where should you search?

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2. Finding Information

• Searching the Zuyd Library catalogue• Searching external catalogues

PiCarta (only accessible at the Zuyd University Network)

WorldCat

• Searching the Zuyd library E-source databaseResearch Databases

Choosing sources: Where should you search?

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3. Evaluating Information

It is absolutely essential to evaluate the quality of any information you want to use in your assignment.

Use the WWW technique:

Who – What – When

Evaluation criteria

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3. Evaluating Information

Evaluation criteria : Example

Official World Trade Organization

site [http://www.wto.org/ ] Spoof World Trade Organization site

[ http://www.gatt.org/ ]

Here you see two websites, both let you think it is the website of WTO. One is a parody and one is the official website.

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3. Evaluating Information

Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter are now increasingly used by academics and professionals as platforms for sharing ideas and information.

Remember, you still need to use the criteria described in this section to evaluate information you find through social spaces.

Using social networks

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3. Evaluating Information

Evaluation websites: Useful links

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4. Referencing Information

You need to name all your sources in two ways:

1. Within the body of your text (known as 'citing') 2. In an alphabetical list at the end of your work (reference list).

A bibliography includes all your in-text citations plus any other sources of information you have used in preparing your assignment.

How to reference

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4. Referencing Information

There are many styles of referencing. Well known styles are:

- APA (American Psychological Association) style- MLA (Modern Language Association) style - Harvard style- Vancouver style

Styles of referencing

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4. Referencing Information

Managing references: EndNote

There are tools for managing references.EndNote is a helpful software program you can find on the Zuyd University Network.

EndNote helps students store and organize references in a database. It is even possible to attach full text articles to the references in EndNote.

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4. Referencing Information

Managing references: EndNote

If EndNote and MS Word are both installed on a computer (as is the case at Zuyd University) the EndNote add-ons get installed automatically in Word. Then you can insert citations in your text very easily. You can cite while you write.

And at the same time EndNote automatically creates a reference list and bibliography in Word with a few mouse clicks. This saves a lot of time.

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More about Info Skills on the Zuyd Library Website click: Information Literacy

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