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- When searching for information, one of the biggest challenges is figuring out what "input" (what you type in the search box) you need to enter in order to get "output" (search results) that you seek.
- This assignment is particularly challenging, because - while you are seeking information to support your claim regarding what it means to be civilized - the source you end up using may not have the actual word "civilized" in it at all.
- Stop and ask yourself: "What exactly is the information that I am seeking?"
Brainstorm examples for searching keywords.
Brainstorm examples for searching keywords.
- Find and read the paragraph you already wrote about Lord of the Flies.
- What was the argument you made?
- Brainstorm real life examples of this argument.
Allow for serendipity when searching!
Allow for serendipity when searching!
Ms. Sannwald Recommends
- As you seek 1 "best" source, look at multiple other sources to determine which one is the best.
- Try multiple different searches using different keywords each time.
- What does serendipity mean? See the definition below. Ms. Sannwald loves the serendipity of research. When researching, there are often many sources that lead you to the next one. You might find a new term or a new name that inspires your next search and leads you to your best information source.
- Library and Information scholar Marcia J. Bates introduced the term "berrypicking" back in 1989 to explain how we find information "by a series of selections of individual references and bits of information at each stage of the ever-modifying search."
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