Parts of a Book
Information Literacy
Big 6 Research Technique
CAARDSS: Evaluation of Websites
Plagiarism, Copyright& Intellectual Property
100
An alphabetical listing of people, places, events, concepts and works cited along with page numbers indicating where they can be found within the main body of the work.
What is the index?
100
The ability to identify what information is needed, understand how the information is organized, identify the best sources of information for a given need, locate those sources, evaluate the sources critically and share that information. It is knowledge of commonly used research techniques.
What is Information Literacy?
100
You judge the product, its effectiveness. You judge the process, its efficiency and you question 'Did I do what was required?'
What is Evaluation?
100
Who is the author? What are his/her credentials?
What is Credibility?
100
The prohibition of using, copying, replicating in any format the intellectual property of someone else.
What is copyright law?
200
A supplement of some kind of main work. This might include source documents cited in the text, material that arose too late to be included in the main body of the work.
What is Appendix or Appendum?
200
Information is critically important because we are surrounded by a growing ocean of information in all formats. Not all information is created equal: some are authoritative, current, reliable but some are biased, out of date, misleading and false. The amount of information will continue to increase. As such the types of technology used to access, manipulate and create will likewise expand.
Why is Information Literacy important?
200
You identify the task as well as the information needed to solve it.
What is Task Definition?
200
Can facts or other information be verified through other sources based on your knowledge? Does the information seem accurate?
What is Accuracy?
200
Using your own words to interpret originals ideas of another author in your body of work?
What is paraphrasing?
300
An alphabetical list of terms and their definitions usually restricted to some specific area.
What is the glossary?
300
They are original materials that are unfiltered, uninterpreted and un-evaluated. They are usually the first formal appearance of results in physical, print or electronic format.
What are primary sources of information ?
300
You engage your source of information physically and intellectually to find the information within the sources.
What is Use of Information?
300
When was this information created? Was it revised?
What is Date?
300
It is known as intellectual theft; using someone else's ideas as your own in a piece of work.
What is plagiarism?
400
A systematic list of books or other works such as articles in periodicals usually used as a list of works that have been cited in the main body of the work.
What is the bibliography?
400
Bibliographies, journal articles, periodical articles and commentaries are all examples of this.
What are secondary sources of information?
400
You brainstorm ways to determine all possible sources of information. Then you select the best ones.
What is Information-Seeking Strategies?
400
Did the Author use reliable, credible sources?
What are the 'Sources Behind the Text'?
400
Copyright is the legal right to authors to protect their creation against copying. It includes dramatic, musical adn artistic works. It allows exclusive rights by the author only to reproduce,distribute, perform, display or license the work.
What is Intellectual Property?
500
An ending piece, either in the voice of the author or as a continuation of the main narrative, meant to bring closure of some kind tot the work.
What is epilogue?
500
They made up of a distillation and collection of primary and secondary sources of information.
What are tertiary sources of information?
500
You organize multiple sources. Then you present it appropriate to your audience, choosing the best format and presentation style.
What is Synthesis?
500
Does this source address my question in a comprehensive way? Is it a scholarly treatment?
What is Scope
500
Studying, reviewing my notes and asking questions throughout my classes, sharing my knowledge indicates to others
What is "Becoming the Best Version of Myself"
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