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2. Outline of Session 1.Research Skills: 5 stages 2.Search for information on the Sugar Industry:  From library resources - books  From a library database - Australia NZ Reference Centre  From Australia Bureau of Statistics (ABS)  From the Web - Google Advanced Search 3. Evaluate your information 4.Reference your information 5. Student exercises © Central Institute of Technology 2014

3. 1. Analyse question or topic Research Cycle: 5 Stages 2. Identify keywords & search terms Write Final Essay/Report 4. Evaluate your information 5. Reference your information 3. Search for & find information © Central Institute of Technology 2014

5. Stage 1: Analyse question or topic When you are given an assignment, read through it carefully. Before you start looking for information, be sure you understand what you are looking for. Analyse the topic to determine the approach being asked for. Are you being asked to: Compare? Discuss? Outline? Contrast? Summarise? Explain? © Central Institute of Technology 2014

6. Consider the following: How is it to be presented – report format or essay format? What are the assessment requirements – how many words? How many and what type of resources are to be used? How current does the information need to be? © Central Institute of Technology 2014

8. Stage 2: Identify keywords & search terms Australian Sugar Industry agriculture canegrowers harvesting Queensland sugarcane statistics confectionery industry CSR sugarNSW export market, domestic use historysustainability sugar mill © Central Institute of Technology 2014

11. Library Catalogue searching tips: Use your keywords (or alternate terms) to search the Library Catalogue for factual, in-depth information from books and DVDs. When searching the catalogue remember to limit your search to Perth campus. Note the location details and the status of any items of interest. © Central Institute of Technology 2014

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13. Library Catalogue - Search Page Enter your search terms and choose options from the drop-down boxes © Central Institute of Technology 2014

14. Library Catalogue - Search Results © Central Institute of Technology 2014

15. Item Record © Central Institute of Technology 2014

16. - Also check your Public Library for books on this topic - © Central Institute of Technology 2014

18. ESL Subject Guide - Databases/Magazines - Australian NZ Reference Centre - © Central Institute of Technology 2014

19. Search Screen © Central Institute of Technology 2014

20. - List of Results - © Central Institute of Technology 2014

21. - Full Text of Article & Options - © Central Institute of Technology 2014

22. - APA Citation Provided - © Central Institute of Technology 2014

24. ABS – www.abs.gov.au www.abs.gov.au - to find statistics - to find statistics © Central Institute of Technology 2014

29. Google Advanced Search

30. Australian Government site -.gov.au

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33. Australian Educational site -.edu.au Google Advanced Search

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37. When evaluating information from websites, it can be difficult to determine how reliable the information is. There is little control as anyone can create a website on any topic. A lot of the information on the Internet is commercial or personal. If you examine the URL or address of a website, it can be helpful in deciding if it is an appropriate site. © Central Institute of Technology 2014

38. URL Codes © Central Institute of Technology 2014

39. It is an Australian, commercial site that promotes the interests of cane growers. For example, the URL www.canegrowers.com.au stands for: www - world wide web canegrowers - name of site com - commercial site au - Australian site In summary: It is an Australian, commercial site that promotes the interests of cane growers.www.canegrowers.com.au It is an Australian, commercial site that promotes the interests of cane growers. For example, the URL www.canegrowers.com.au stands for: www - world wide web canegrowers - name of site com - commercial site au - Australian site In summary: It is an Australian, commercial site that promotes the interests of cane growers.www.canegrowers.com.au © Central Institute of Technology 2014

40. Examining, selecting and rejecting resources Ask yourself these questions… √ Is the information correct? √ Is the information relevant? √ Is the information reliable? (who is the author/sponsor?) √ Is the information up-to-date? √ Is the information free from bias? (is it trying to persuade?) √ Is it what I need? © Central Institute of Technology 2014

42. Online searching tips… Boolean Operators AND (+): limits the search as both keywords must appear in the document sugar AND Australia OR: expands the search as either keywords will appear in the documents industry OR agriculture NOT (-): limits the search as excludes one of the keywords from the documents Queensland NOT NSW © Central Institute of Technology 2014

43. More searching tips…. Quotation marks: searches for the phrase “sugarcane industry” In title: searches for that term within the title intitle:canegrowers Site: searches for results from specific sites site:.gov site:.au File type: searches for a particular file type filetype:ppt filetype:pdf © Central Institute of Technology 2014

45. Stage 5: Reference your information When taking notes for an assignment, write down all the relevant bibliographic details of your information sources that you will need to include in your Reference List. For a book: author - year of publication - title - edition - place of publication - publisher For a website:author or sponsor or organisation - year of creation or update year - title of web page - URL For more information on referencing Clipart sourced from Microsoft Office

46. - APA Referencing Guide - © Central Institute of Technology 2014

47. If you require further assistance:  Ask at the Library Service Desk  Email: helplibrary@central.wa.edu.au  Check out the OIL (Online Information Literacy) modules on the library website @ www.central.wa.edu.au/library © Central Institute of Technology 2014

48. Student Exercises - ESL subject Guide - guides.dtwd.wa.gov.au/central-esl © Central Institute of Technology 2014