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Research Skills Big6 - Step 3. Location and Access

The purpose of this step is to locate sources (intellectually and physically) and to find information within sources.

Questions:

  • Where can I find the sources related to water crisis in Hong Kong?

  • How can I retrieve information from the source? 

  • Who can help me if I don't know how to access information on line?

 

 

You will

  • search for information and retrieve information from various sources

  • read to answer research questions

  • evaluate sources for relevancy, accuracy & currency

 

Solution 1 – Searching in the libraries (Hard Copy)

  • Use online catalogue of libraries.

  • Go to the library where you can find the resources you need.

  • Ask teacher librarian or library assistant if you have any problems.

 

 

Solution 2 – Searching on Internet (Soft Copy)

  • Choose an appropriate searching engine

  • Make use of appropriate Boolean.

  • Check the reliability of the website information before using that information. 

Choose among the many resources and determine which one(s) to use.

Information Literacy

Database retrieval

Tutorial: http://guides.lib.washington.edu/content.php?pid=55083&sid=425228

This page shows database retrieval.

 

Searching the Internet

Tutorial about searching the Internet http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html 

The page shows tutorials of searching on the Internet.

 

Evaluating websites

Criteria for evaluating website http://www.classzone.com/books/research_guide/page_build.cfm?content=web_eval_criteria&state=none 

The page shows the criteria for evaluating website.

 

Quizzes for students:

The above pages show quizzes for students.

        http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/research/timeline.htm 

 

       http://www.lib.umd.edu/ues/guides/identifying-resources#needs

        The page shows information needs and appropriate sources.

 

       http://www.kathyschrock.net/rbs3k/boolean/

        The page shows Boolean Machine.

 

       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6mvnMW_nnY

       The page shows how to use the Google searching engine more effectively.

 

       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMV7X3W_beg

 

 

       http://www.wikihow.com/Get-the-Best-Results-with-Internet-Search-Engines

       This page shows how to get the best results with Internet searching engines.

 

  • How to Search a Word on a Webpage

       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wtn79_jiU9E

       This video shows how to search a word on a webpage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   http://www.wikihow.com/Search-for-a-Word-on-a-Webpage

       http://www.wikihow.com/Search-Google

       This page shows how to search google.

 

       http://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/electdb/cdguide/WiseNews.pdf

       This page shows the user guide of WiseNews.

 

       https://sites.google.com/site/gwebsearcheducation/master-lessons

       This page shows how to use google by google search education evangelism.

 

      This page shows how to use google scholar to search information.

 

       This page shows how to use google public data explorer to search information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       http://www.wsd.gov.hk/en/water_resources/raw_water_sources/dongjiang_raw_water/index.html

       http://www.dsd.gov.hk/EN/Sewerage/Environmental_Consideration/Reclaimed_Water/index.html

       This above links are about water works done by the HK Government Departments.

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