How to carry out a research assignment.
Information Process – follow these stepsDefining Information NeedsLocating information Selecting InformationOrganising informationCreating, presenting and sharing information
Step 2: Conducting the Research
Locating Information: Locate and collect information from a range of
sources Searching Tools
Resource Centre Catalogue-AMLIB, ALICE etc Search by: subject, key words, title, author, series Locate suitable text. Use indexes and contents
pages, headings and subheadings of the text. General References-Use Encyclopaedia and
Dictionary etc for definitions and background. Internet: - current information
Step 3 Selecting Information
Select the best sources of Information Use a variety of resources Skim and scan resources to locate the
required information Record the main ideas using keyword
notemaking strategies. DO NOT COPY. Use an appropriate notemaking framework. You
may design your own notemaking framework.
Step 4: Organising the information
Select and discard information
Use notemaking frameworks to organise your information
Fiji Islands Australia
Same
Different
Topic
Heading 1
Heading 2
Heading 3
Flowchart
Step 5: Evaluating Information, Applying Finding and Presenting
Analyse and interpret the information. Does it answer the question?
Judge its quality and decide what conclusions or inferences might reasonably be drawn from it. Make inferences, deductions, generalizations or hypothesis.
Evaluate for accuracy, fact & opinion (be critical of information from the web)
Use and share the information with others
Step 6: Creating, Presenting & Sharing
This is your final product - a essay, a report or a talk etc. Use the various tools available to present the
information eg: construct models, use displays, table, diagrams and charts
Use:*Microsoft word/excel*Publisher- desk top publishing
*Scanners/Digital camera*PowerPoint - electronic presentation
Multi media-video, audio
Decide on Presentation Format
*Written *Oral
Forms of Writing Reports
Narrative Descriptions &
Recounts Comparisons
Procedure
Description
Report
Explanation
Exposition
Step 6: Bibliography
Refer to How to write a BibliographyCiting a bookAuthor's last name, first initial (date of publication) Title of book italicised. City of publication: Name of Publisher. Example
Harris,M. 1998 Teaching One to One. Urbana, IL:NCTE
Citing the InternetAuthor's last name, first initial (date of publication) Title of source underlined
Retrieval information including Date of access and source of information: URL MCEETYA. 2000 ICT in schools taskforce. Retrieved Sept26,2003,fromhttp;//
icttaskforce.edna.edu.au/ict/index.html
Citing the Encyclopaedia or DictionaryEditor’s last name, first initial. (Date of publication in parenthesis). Title of the source
italicised (edition and volume in parenthesis). City of publication: Name of publisher.
Sadie, S. (ED). 1980. The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians (6th ed)., (Vols. 1-20). London: Macmillan.
