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WEEK 1& 2 - Intro To Info Skills-Latest
WEEK 1& 2 - Intro To Info Skills-Latest
Skills
WEEK 1
Introduction
Many students come to University with different levels of research skills. Some will not have used a
Library Catalogue before, others will be unfamiliar with journals and how to search the information held
within them..
Information literacy
Ability to identify, locate, evaluate, and select information
in all formats in order to use it effectively
Expands upon basic literacy and computer literacy
Importance
Familiar with library and academic research
Improve techniques and skills of searching for
information in the library/information center
Helps student, who is information literate, evaluate
information critically and competently.
Information Skills
Importance
Exposure to the IT environment and be able to use it
Enable user to understand the concept of information and
their use and purpose in the academic and other fields
Information Skills
Finding information
Places to GO
Tools to USE
What to GET
What to DO
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
PRIMARY
Those that present or record certain information for the first time ( i.e
original materials which have not been filtered through interpretation,
condensation, or often even evaluation by a second party). Example:
artifacts, diaries, photographs, interviews.
SECONDARY
Sources that compile, analyze, synthesize or edit primary sources or other
secondary sources or an index to locate primary sources. Example: textbook,
reviews, translation.
TERTIARY
Information which is a distillation and collection of primary and secondary
sources. Example: Bibliography, index, abstract.
FORMAT OF INFORMATION
PRINTED
uses paper. Eg: books, magazines, newspaper, and pamphlets
ELECTRONIC / ONLINE
use computer to deliver information. Include CD-ROM and
Internet
AUDIOVISUAL
requires us to watch or listen, example includes slides, films, audio
cassette, videocassette, CD, DVD
MICROFORM
transform information into microfiche and microfilm and need a
viewer to read the information
TYPES OF INFORMATION AGENCIES
WEEK 2
Types of information agencies
Libraries
Archives/ Records Center
Museums
Artifak warisan bm Loceng gangsa yang ditemui di Kampung Pencu, Muar, Johor ini dipercayai
digunakan sebagai lambang kuasa dan status pemiliknya. Rekabentuk dan corak yang terdapat
pada loceng gangsa ini mempunyai persamaan dengan Gendang Dong Son yang berasal dari
Dong Son, Vietnam. Artifak ini telah diisytiharkan sebagai Objek Warisan Ketara di bawah Senarai
Warisan Kebangsaan 2009.
Resource Center/Information center