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Seeking Information – the Tools. Finding and Recording Information. Where does it come from?. Click on each of the images to reveal its name. Where is it?. Where do you find these sources? Many are in the library. How much?.
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Seeking Information – the Tools Finding and Recording Information
Where does it come from? Click on each of the images to reveal its name.
Where is it? Where do you find these sources? Many are in the library.
How much? Different sources provide different levels of detail about a subject. An encyclopedia or atlas would have some general information about many countries. However, a book on one particular country would have much more detail.
The three WH’s In order to choose the correct source of information, three important questions need to be asked: • What? • Why? • When? Only then can the best source of information, the Where?,be decided.
What? What do you want to find out about? Be specific Information about Romans would give you all sorts of information from Roman clothes, food, buildings, emperors etc., etc., etc. You could be searching for a long, long time. However, if you want to find out about ‘Roman emperors’ then you need to look specifically for those two words.
Why? Why do you need the information? Think of the outcome Creating a poster about the ‘Importance of daily exercise’ requires different types of information to a report written about the same subject. Think of the quantity of information you require and the amount of detail you need.
When? When do you have to complete the work by? Assess timescale If the information you need to find is for half an hour’s worth of homework, your work will be expected to be much less than if you were given a month to research a topic.
Where? • Once you have decided the What, Why and When: • the specific subject you are searching for • how much detail is required • how much time you have Then you can decide the Where: Where can the information be found? Is one source enough?
