LOCATING INFORMATION ON BEHALF OF CLIENTS

Assessment Look at the extended logbook exemplar

Reference Interview 1.1 Why do they want the information & what do they already have E.g.s What would you need to know if the client wanted info on: –Flights to Spain –Building grants –Andy Goldsworthy or Jimmy Carr

Body Language See handout on Moodle Exercise: In twos one partner to tell the other about their hobbies/interests

Open & Closed Questions Open –Why? –What? –How? Closed –When? –How many? –Is? –How much? –Does/Do?

Related Terms In groups of 2 or more write down related terms for the following searches: –Environment –Home Front –Polar Exploration –Romans –Politics –Sport

Personalisation Not Just Google Personalisation search based on Location Device Past search history Past browsing activity Activity in other areas eg video, blogs, images Interactions with others in your network What to do about it..

Private browsing Chrome – incognito window Ctrl+shift+N Firefox - Ctrl+shift+P Internet Explorer Ctrl+shift+P Opera - Ctrl+shift+N This is built into the browser

Portals & Subject Gateways NamePurposeWeb Address ATHENSPortalwww.athensams.net/ myathens Information Literacy Finding, evaluating and using a range of resources ourse/view.php?id=882 Leeds University Subject Gateways bject-gateways

Portals & Subject Gateways British Library – Social Sciences Pinakes Engineering, Maths, Computing EEVL Library and Information Science BUBL Health and Life Sciences BIOME And many more..

Evaluation of Results –Expertise and reputation –Lack of bias –Opposing views –Equal emphasis –Accuracy –Currency Establishing currency – direct/indirect

Measuring Success –Sufficiency –Format –Language

Structuring & Saving Results –Ordering results (depends on nature of enquiry) –Bibliographic references - standardised –Archiving searches –Frequently asked questions –Updating data