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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
 to understand that information can be gathered from a wide range of sources

 to be able to select and use appropriate sources of information

 to know how to use search engines effectively

 to be able to evaluate the of available information in terms of accuracy, age, reliability,

bias

 to understand issues related to copyright: permission to use, acknowledgement of source

 to understand issues related to plagiarism: copy and paste, rewriting, paraphrasing


GENERAL VOCABULARY
 fitness for purpose - whether the information is suitable or good enough for the

intended use
 relevance - whether the information relates directly to what you want to know

 bias - unfairly favoring one point of view, or not considering other points of view

 plagiarism - using someone else's work and pretending it is yours paraphrasing


expressing what someone else has said in a shorter, clearer or different way
 primary source - something that you have created yourself

 secondary source - something that has been created by someone else


INFORMATION SOURCES

 information is available from a wide range of sources


 can either be primary sources, which are those that you have
created yourself
 secondary sources, which are those that have been created by
someone else
Examples of primary and
secondary sources
Activity

 List two more examples of primary sources and two more examples

of secondary sources that could be added to Table 10.1


Search Engines
 can be used to find information online which you do not know the

URLs of any sites that contain that information


 compare the words entered by a user with words in a database of

web pages.
 show the user the results that are the closest match to their original

keywords.
 can be used in browsers, but they are also used by smart personal

assistants such as Amazon's Alexa® and Apple's Siri®14


Search Engines
 Examples of web-based search engines are:
■ Bing
■ Creative commons
■ Duck duck go
■ Google
■ Yahoo
Search Engines
Keywords
 the words or search terms that a user types into a search engine in
order to look for matching information. When entering keywords
into a search engine, only enter the important words that you think
websites will contain. Keep it simple and do not add too many
keywords.
Search Engines
Search Types
 Some search engines allow you to specify the type of information
that you are searching for.
Search Engines
Search Tools
 Search tools help you to filter the results that the search engine
returns
Homework
1. State two ways in which an image search can be refined. (2)
2. State one reason why you should check whether information is biased before
using it. (1)
3. Describe how a search engine works. (4)
4. Explain why it is important to check whether information is protected by
copyright before using it in your own work. (2)
5. State one benefit to students of rewriting information rather than copying it
word-for-word. (1)
6. State three examples of search syntax. (3)

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