Lib slk

• Mike Eisenburg and Bob Berkowitz- created the big six
• Big six steps- Tak definition, Information seeking strategies, Location and Access, Use of Information, Synthesis and Evaluation
• Task Definition- means you have to be sure about the job you have to do
• Information Seeking Strategies- Identify all possible sources of information and select the best soruce.
• Location and Access- Locate sources you plan on using.
• Use of Information- engage the source and extract relevant information form the source.
• Synthesis- Organize notes from sources and group according to similarity the present infromation
• Evaluation- Judge the product and judge the process.
• Primary sources- Immediate firsthand account of a topic even or time period.
• Secondary sources- analysis, interpretation or restatement of primary sources
• Evaluating Source- choose the reliable source for research look at criteria
• Authority- who is author? what are their credentials?
• Accuracy- compare the author's information to that which you already know is reliable
• Relevance- is the information relevant to your topic and does it meet your needs.
• Currency- Is your topic constantly evolving