Finding Information

Lee - Consultant Scenario: Lee is your manager at a small consulting firm. The firm has been asked to provide a report for a company wanting to expand their services to tourism on the Great Barrier Reef. Lee will be asking you for help with a lot of research.

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Start the beginning of the first topic and work through the module in order.Complete each activity as you go. When prompted, click on the save buttonbefore moving onto the next section. Each section must be completed in one sitting to ensure all answers are saved correctly.You can create a PDF of your results (for your reference) just follow the prompts or you can submit your answers to Library Staff.  NB. The PDF will only generate if you have entered and saved all your answers.Don't forget to go to the quiz page, located in CloudDeakin. You can get there via the Conclusion page 2/2 in this module.Email us as digital.literacy.bl@deakin.edu.au(Opens email) for help, or post your questions in the Essential Digital Literacy forum thread (Opens in a new tab). We will respond within 2 business days.

Instructions

1. Getting to know your library

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Video

For your research Lee has organised you access to Deakin University Library. You’ll need to use the Library and its resources to help you find information for this report. To get started, watch the video for an introduction to Deakin Library. Or open video in a new tab

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Step 3 Have a look at the Library Resource Guides for your area.

Step 1 Access the Library in DeakinSync.

Activity

Step 2 Browse through the site and see what's available.

After you have answered the questions on each page, make sure you click the save button before moving on to the following page.

Activity Instructions

Your answers will be available to print at the end of the module. You must complete the module in one sitting.

You can only enter between 5 - 420 characters in each answer box.

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2. Conducting a Smarter Search

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Now that you’re familiarised with the library, it’s time to start doing more focused searches. Your previous search for ‘Tourism’ gave you an overview, but Lee has specifically asked for information on tourist accommodation in Queensland. The information you found before was too broad, and you only want what’s relevant for your report.

Scenario

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You’ll need to narrow down your search by breaking up your topic into the main concepts. Using search techniques and limiting options will allow you to refine your search into something more manageable. Check out this infographic(Opens in a new tab) to find out about the different search techniques available.

How's it done

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Then watch the video to see these techniques applied to finding information on accommodation in Queensland. Open video in a new tab

What's Peer review?

Throughout your course, you will hear about Peer Reviewed articles. Watch this video for a better understanding of what Peer Review means. Open video in a new tab

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Need more help identifying a peer review article? Watch this video(Opens in a new tab).

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Peer review articles are also known as scholarly or academic articles.

How to identify peer review articles

An Abstract or SummaryAuthor academic affliationTheoretical concepts, technical language or formulasDiscussion and key recommendationsA reference list

Peer review articles should contain