Information Literacy Teachers: Marja Duizendstraal, Hans Fransen Introduction lecture Practicals Feedback lecture Blackboard modules

Information Literacy Definition: Information Literacy is defined as the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use that information for the issue or problem at hand.

Information monster

Information Explosion –Written

Information Explosion –Electronic

Where to start

What and Where: Examples What Books Articles Research projects Institute information Encyclopedias News, opinions Where to look Catalogues Bibliographies Research databases WWW Catalogue/ WWW? WWW, newspapers

Articles ScientificProfessionalNewspaper ResearchPracticalNews i.e. ScopusLSWKrantenbank

Full text or bibliographic record

Bibliographic databases General Scopus Web of Science Google Scholar Overlap Additional Specific topics CAB-Abstracts Biological Abstracts FSTA Medline/ PubMed

What and where: Reliability Editors or free BrittanicaBrittanica WikipediaWikipedia Peer review: scientific journals

What you will learn-1 Know your information sources –types and quality of sources Books, scientific journals, professional journals, encyclopedia, proceedings, maps, reports, etc. Scopus/ Brittanica Wikipedia –specific for your research field Portals

What you will learn-2 Knowing how to search efficiently effectively basic search strategies special database tools

“Natural disasters are natural phenomena, but their victims and the damage caused are the consequences of the human activity. Therefore preventive measures or protection against natural disasters like earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, and landslides are of extreme importance. Spatial planning is one of the activities which can prevent, abate, or mitigate their consequences, by proper physical planning, taking into account the knowledge of risk concerning the occurrence of the phenomena that can provoke disasters. In accordance with the need for rising the awareness of policy makers land use planners should take any opportunity to include the aspect of reduction of the effect of natural disasters in their planning practice.” (S. Balram, P.D. Molotov Spatial planning as a means of protection against natural disasters, Landscape and Urban Planning 69 (2004) 145–162) Topic: Prevention of natural disasters by spatial planning Concepts/aspects and keywords: natural disasters: natural disasters, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, etc. spatial planning: spatial planning, land use planning, urban planning, etc. prevention: prevention, mitigation, protection, etc.

Boolean operators AND OR NOT

What you will learn 3 How to use the Wageningen UR library –the physical library –the virtual library (Desktop Library)

Wageningen UR Digital Library

What you will learn 4 Referring, citing, quoting –literature lists –Plagiarism EndNote

Learning method Introduction Assessment studying the BlackBoard modules –library assignment practical work –Blackboard module –Discussion topic assignment MSc-Assignment and final exam !

BlackBoard: http//edu2.web.wur.nl How does it look like? What can you do? What must you do? –Modules –Learning units: quizzes –Assignments Your own responsibility…… ….but final test & short report

For next week practicals Before Janary 15: Assessment, M1, M2, M3, M4a.3 Assessment See what you (don’t) know M1: general introduction M2: information sources M3: Wageningen UR library sources M4a3 Search strategy overview Topic for your assignment, preferably in groups of 2. If you have selected your topic, make exercise 1 of the MSc- Assignment. We like to discuss this with you during the practicals.