InfoLit for U MOOC-Focal-Section 2

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The resources of this series are designed to help you to identify the most suitable information platforms resources that fulfill their information needs; to tell the difference between different type resources and search tools; to apply different tools depending on the research cycle/situation; and to apply different strategies to locate information relevant to their research task.

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  • Video 
    ["Citation chaining: How to search relevant information from one useful source"]

    Citation chaining: How to search relevant information from one useful source

    In this video, you will learn how to use make use of citation chaining to search related literature on similar topic

    Keywords:
    Research -- Methodology Google (Firm) Online bibliographic searching
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    ["How search works"]

    How search works

    In this video, it illustrates the life span of a Google query. The life span of a Google query is less then 1/2 second, and involves quite a few steps before you see the most relevant results.

    Keywords:
    Google (Firm) Web search engines Internet searching
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    Video
     
  • Others 
    ["My info buddies"]

    My info buddies

    In this slide, it introduces different type of resource was created with a particular kind of purpose: to transmit facts, to interpret the findings, to put forward a viewpoint, to let fellow workers know some important idea, and so on.

    Keywords:
    Information resources Research -- Methodology
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    Others
     
  • Others 
    ["Want to test your knowledge on Primary and Secondary Sources?"]

    Want to test your knowledge on Primary and Secondary Sources?

    In this exercise, learners are required to distinguish the information belong to "primary sources" or "secondary sources". Primary information source are anything created at the time when the incident/event happened. They were created with the intention to record the incident/event. It could be a document, manuscript, autobiography, a recording, a diary, an artifact, and so on. Secondary information source is anything (e.g., documents, records, artifacts, objects, and so on) that discuss, relates, or refers another piece of information existing elsewhere.

    Keywords:
    Information resources Research -- Methodology Information literacy
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    Others