#3: LOCATION & ACCESS
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EQ: How can we use technology and information literacy to develop Location and Access skills?
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Sara Lefever
After students determine their priorities for information seeking, they must locate information from a variety of resources and access specific information found within individual resources.
Students will be able to:
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Locate sources.
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Use organizational systems to find information within sources.
Students will locate and use appropriate resources available through the school library, the wide area network, and the Internet and will know who to ask for help accessing this information.
Students will be able to locate reference materials, contact experts, conduct surveys, and use search tools for services within their chosen electronic sources.
3.1 Locate sources
Ask: Where do I go to find each of the sources I want to use?
The High School Library has a wide variety of sources in print and electronic format. It is open from 7:30-3:30 most days. Ask at the library for the current hours.
The Guthrie Public Library is right in Hanover. If you don't have a library card to borrow books from there, go to their front desk with a valid ID and say you would like to get a library card. There's no charge for a card or to borrow books and other sources. You may also request a card online. You will need to provide a valid ID upon your first checkout in the library.
Organize your time so you use all the sources in one place together, so you don't have to keep going back to a place again.
Write the location next to each source in your list, if you know it. Ask a librarian or your teacher, if you're not sure.
Ask: How can I find what I need in these places?
You need to use an online catalog in the library to find what you need. The High School Library and the Guthrie Public Library have online catalogs that you can search from this computer by clicking on these links. York County also has an ebranch library collection that you can search from this computer by clicking on this link.
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3.2 Find information within sources
Ask: How do I find the information I need within the sources?
1. How is the information in the source organized?
Helpful Hint: Every source has its own system of organization. Check out the way each one is organized when you start using it. Look for the index and table of contents. Get help if you need it. After a while, you will learn how to use a wide variety of sources.
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Is it in alphabetical order like a dictionary or encyclopedia?
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Or is there an index or table of contents you can use to find the pages you need?
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Is it an electronic source like a cd-rom on the computer where you use a search screen?
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Or are you using the Internet and have to find a search engine or know the URL (address) of the site.
2. How will I know what to look for in the sources?
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Go back to your list of key words and key phrases. These are the words you will use to look up information in the sources.
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