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Information Literacy Guide

Objectives

After completing this SECTION, you will be able to:

  • define your need for information,
  • think critically about your topic and need,
  • read about your topic and start making notes,
  • define keywords by:
    • drawing a mind map,
    • selecting broader and narrower subject terms,
    • identifying different spellings or words
  • understand that the financial cost of information is an important issue.

Keywords

Other Spellings

Look for other spellings of words during your reading on the topic. Certain words are spelled differently in British English vs. American English, for example:

British English             American English      
"s" in specialisation "z" in specialization
"ou" in colour "o" in color
"s" in organisation "z" in organization

 

There are many more of these. If your search terms include any such words, you will need to search on all the different variables to make sure you don't miss any important and relevant information.