1. Finding information online
Information literacy lecture
Delivered by Dr. U. D. Onuoha

2. Surrounded by too much information
Beyond what we can process
“Information explosion”, “Information over- abundance”, “information overload”, “Infobesity”.
Consequence= distraction

3. Develop a focused search strategy
Be specific about your information need
Too broad
University education in Nigeria
More specific
Funding university education in Nigeria

4. Use of keywords
“comparison of information seeking using search engines and social networks” might be broken down into:
Information seeking
Use of search engines
Social networks

5. Phrase searching
Retrieves two or more words only when they appear next to each other as a phrase.
use quotation marks around the phrase, e.g. "higher education"
Use phrase searching with care: searching for a phrase could also eliminate useful records. For example, a search for "language teaching" may not find the words "teaching of language".

6. Link search terms/keywords with AND (+) eg: soccer and injury

7. Use OR when there are alternative terms to describe your topic.
e.g. woman or female, or when you are interested in either term
e.g. knee or ankle. Records will be retrieved if either (or both) term is present.

8. Practical example
Topic: Effect of television violence on young adults (focused topic)
Step 1: Pull out the key words or major concepts
EXAMPLE: television   violence   young adults
Step 2: Create a list of synonyms
Television:   TV,   movies,  cartoons,  news.
Violence:  guns,  murder,  rape,  gangs,  war.
Young adults:  teenagers,  adolescents,  teens,  youth.
Step 3: Use and (+) (or) where applicable
(television OR TV OR cartoons OR news) AND (violence OR guns OR murder) AND (teenagers OR youth OR adolescents)
Step 4: Use phrase searching to tighten your search
“Television violence” + (teenagers or young adults) where you want the exact phrase “television violence” to appear in your search

9. Using any topic of your choice do a web search using the strategies discussed
To what extent is your search result improved?

10. Know your sources

11. Encyclopedias for basic understanding of topics

13. Dissertation/Projects

17. Using any subject of your choice, download a dissertation/project

18. Books

20. Using any subject of your choice, download a book

21. Journal articles (academic source) @ https://scholar.google.com/

22. A search for challenges of education in Nigeria using Google scholar

25. Using Google scholar find the latest articles on insurgency in Nigeria

26. Lecture notes Take advantage of open courseware (OCW)
Course lessons created at universities and published for free via the internet

27. open courseware

31. Other sites https://www.oercommons.org/

32. Using any open courseware of your choice, download a lecture note in your field of study

33. Make use of open libraries elibrary USA @ https://nigeria. usembassy

38. The British Library is not left out @http://ethos.bl.uk/Home.do

40. Register with an open library