Effective searching for information: planning your search strategy - online session
Tuesday 27 April 2021, 10:00am to 12:00pm
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This interactive online workshop is aimed at students, researchers and staff who wish to learn how to search for information effectively, perhaps for a dissertation or literature review...
This interactive online workshop is aimed at students, researchers and staff who wish to learn how to search for information effectively, perhaps for a dissertation or literature review.
Please note in advance of the workshop there is a requirement that you undertake some pre-workshop activities, that should take around 60 minutes to complete. This material will be shared on registering for the event.
Learning outcomes
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Consider your information needs for a particular purpose*
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Use subject guides to discover what the Library has to offer
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Formulate a search using keywords and Boolean operators
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Construct a search in a relevant database
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Reflect on strategies you can use to improve your confidence and information skills
*This outcome is met though the pre-workshop activities
Pre-workshop material
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Recording 1: Effective searching – The information landscape (11 min 10 sec)
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Recording 2: Effective searching – information needs (11 min 20 sec)
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Recording 3: Defining the question (2 min 10)
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Effective Searching workbook activities 1 and 2 (a - e)
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Bag of fears activity - Padlet
Speaker
Lesley English & Paul Newnham
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