1. FYSM 1101 Location is Everything

2. Information Life Cycle
What are we doing?
Look at format and quality of a variety of information sources
Learn about evaluating information
Will try to adopt an awareness of the ‘information life cycle’ when doing research for ‘all but the paper assignment’
FYSM 1101 Location is Everything
How are we going to do this?
Examine articles from a variety of information sources.
I am going to ask you to think critically about the time it takes to create the sources.
Then we’ll look at the process behind information creation that determines shape, content, quality.

3. Exercise for Information Life Cycle
Divide into 4 groups
Each group will spend minutes at each work station
Each group will examine/read sources of information on a topic about Toronto’s bid to host the Olympic games, or similar topic
Answer questions on the Worksheet
Write the title and/or citation of the source on the worksheet before leaving work station
Move as a group to the next workstation when asked to do so
FYSM 1101 Location is Everything
Review the instructions with the class.

4. Review of Work station exercise questions
Begin with Work station #1
Review sources and answers on work sheet
Discuss ‘rigor’
Style, format, time to publish
FYSM 1101 Location is Everything
Let’s look at your answers from Group #1 for the sources or information products at this work station.
Can you elaborate on your answers?
Do you know what I mean when I say rigor?
Rigor is an important characteristic of information products. It is the quality of thoroughness, accuracy and strictness of a source. This can include the author’s credentials, how the author got the information that he/she is writing about, and who reviewed the source prior to its publication.
For example, Work Station #1 consists of newspaper articles
(#2 Blogs, #3 Magazine articles, #4 Journal articles)
What are the general characteristics, style and form of the newspaper format?
Prompts to lead discussion:
Written by a reporter or journalist (writer, member of the public, professor)
Written for a general audience (specific audience)
Not peer-reviewed
Can consist of facts or opinions about a topic
When was it written
Review Blog entries – can be written immediately following an event or a few days later
Review Magazine articles – written during the same week as an event (Macleans), or during the month of the event (if a monthly publication)
Review Journal articles – could take a year or more to write the article and have is published because it is peer reviewed
Script:
You are often asked to find and use scholarly journal articles as references in your essays?
What are the characteristics of this information product?
Is there any difference between on-line and print journals?
What does peer reviewed mean?

5. Learning Goal for Information Life Cycle
Students will learn that information is produced and disseminated in different formats and that the accuracy and thoroughness (rigor) of information is often related to the length of time it takes to produce the information, its final form and the way it is shared with others.
FYSM 1101 Location is Everything
After the exercise is completed, review the lesson objective

6. Can you name other information products/sources?
FYSM 1101 Location is Everything
Off the top of your head, can you name other information products or sources that you are likely to fine while searching the library or the internet.
Write their answers on the board. Show them examples.
Books
E-books
Government publications
Maps
Mircofiche
DVD’s (videos)
Let’s do Summon search and find out some.
Which search words should we use?

7. Example of citations in APA format
Oliver, R. (2014). The legacies of losing: Rethinking the 'failure' of toronto's olympic games bids. Sport in Society, 17(2), doi: /
Loriggio, P. (2015, ). Timing could favour toronto olympic bid: Despite newly built facilities, a lot of factors still need to align before an application goes ahead. The Globe and Mail
Mansbridge, P. (2003). Tough times toronto. whether it's hockey, politics, or an olympic bid, the city just can't win. Macleans. Rogers Publishing Ltd.
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Let’s look at some of the information products in proper citation format using APA Style
Does everyone know what APA style means?
Show books and information samples.
Show how they can use the Cite tools on Summon.