The information process

  Steps in the process

   Defining

What do I really want to find out?
  • What is my purpose?
  • Why do I need to find this out?
  • What are the key words and ideas of the task? 
  • What do I need to do?

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       Locating

    Where can I find the information I need?
  • What do I already know? 
  • What do I still need to find out?
  • What sources and equipment can I use? 

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       Selecting

    What information do I really need to use?
  • What information can I leave out?
  • How relevant is the information I have found?
  • How credible is the information I have found?
  • How will I record the information I need? 

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       Organising

    How can I best use this information?
  • Have I enough information for my purpose?
  • Do I need to use all this information?
  • How can I best combine information from different sources? 

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      Presenting

    How can I present this information?
  • What will I do with this information?
  • With whom will I share this information? 

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      Assessing

    What did I learn from this ?
  • Did I fulfil my purpose?
  • How did I go? - with each step of the information process?
  • How did I go? - presenting the information?
  • Where do I go from here? 

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            Page 8            INFORMATION SKILLS IN THE SCHOOOL. Ryde; Department of Education, 1989

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