3.2 Find
Finding information is about planning how you search for information, and knowing where and how to look for it. It’s about knowing whether to use an internet search engine, search specific catalogues or databases, or ask a person. You need to know which information sources will be most appropriate to your needs. If you search the right sources, your results will be much more focused and you’ll find what you’re looking for much quicker. Figure 4 illustrates the words you might use to describe activities in this skills area.
Your success at finding information can also depend on the words and phrases you use in your search. They tell a search engine exactly what it should be looking for and what to exclude.
Activity 4 Finding information and people online
This activity provides you with some practical examples of what finding online information involves.
In each of the areas covered, read the description and use the text box to write a sentence or two on how confident you feel in that area.
Then read the feedback, which lists resources you can use to develop skills in that area. Copy any useful links into your reflective journal and make a note of how they might help you. This will be a good reminder going forward.
3.1 Understand and engage