Information Skills

Question 1

Units

Answer 1

Who do you compare?

Question 2

Variables

Answer 2

What do you compare the units with?

Question 3

Settings

Answer 3

Place and time

Question 4

Relevance

Answer 4

Is it useful to you?

Question 5

Reliability

Answer 5

Opinion, location source and credentials?

Question 6

Current

Answer 6

Is it up to date?

Question 7

Comprehensiveness

Answer 7

Does it cover all perspectives?

Question 8

Characteristics: Relevance

Answer 8

Title, Keywords and type of source

Question 9

Characteristics: Reliability

Answer 9

Author, Publisher, Information and opinions of others

Question 10

Characteristics: Current

Answer 10

Year of publication

Question 11

Characteristics: Comprehensiveness

Answer 11

Bibliography

Question 12

What should a research question be?

Answer 12

• Clear (no additional info)
• Focused (narrow)
• Concise (fewest words)
• Complex (not simple yes/no)
• Arguable (open to debate)

Question 13

Google scholar

Answer 13

Tool to find reliable sources

Question 14

Boolean operators

Answer 14

Prompts to get a more reliable and productive result

Question 15

AND

Answer 15

Both terms

Question 16

OR

Answer 16

Either term

Question 17

NOT

Answer 17

First term will be searched and the rest will be subtracted