Oh Jack and Jill Before you research you need a plan

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Oh Jack and JillBefore you research you need a
plan
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Information Search Process
Introducing

Big 6
The
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Big 6
The

• 1. Task Definition
• Information Seeking Strategies
• Location and Access
• Use of Information
• Synthesis
• 6. Evaluation

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Phase 1

• Define the problem
• Identify the information requirements of the
  problem

Task Definition
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Phase 2

• Determine the range of possibilities
• Evaluate the different possible sources to
  determine priorities

Information Seeking Strategies
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Phase 3

• Locate sources
• Find information from a source

Location and Access
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Phase 4

• Engage the information in a source
• Extract information from a source

Use of Information
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Phase 5

• Organize information form multiple sources
• Present information

Synthesis
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Phase 6

• Judge the product (effectiveness)
• Judge the information problem solving process
  (efficiency)

Evaluation
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Works Cited

• Eisenberg, Michael B, and Robert E. Berkowitz.
  Information Problem-Solving The      Big Six
  Skills Approach to Library Information Skill
  Instruction.      Norwood, NJ Ablex Publishing
  Corporation, 1996.