Information Literacy Week 4: Concept Mapping and Research Keywords
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Information Literacy Week 4: Concept Mapping and Research Keywords
- 1. RESEARCH STEP #1 – DEFINE THE NEED INF1100 – Week 4 LRC
- 2. KEYWORDS, WORD CLOUDS AND CONCEPT MAPPING
- 3. WORD CLOUDS
- 4. CLASS ACTIVITY Wordle Word Cloud Exercise
- 5. CLASS ACTIVITY Concept Mapping • SortFix • Credo Reference • Bubbl.us
- 6. Who Why What Where When
- 7. FORMULATING FORMULATING YOUR YOUR KEYWORDS QUESTION
- 8. Who?
- 9. What?
- 10. When?
- 11. Where?
- 12. Why?
Hinweis der Redaktion
- For your topic and research questions, start thinking in terms of keywords.
- A word cloud is a visual representation of the importance of words in a body of text.Word clouds can also help you find useful keywords for searching.Use a word cloud to determine keywords from your research questions. You can also copy and paste an Abstract or summary from one of your resources to find better keywords.
- Have the students copy and paste an article that they discover through a Google search pertaining to their main topic. Let them see keywords emerge in their Wordle picture.
- Researching a specific fact if you need to answer a question.
- Write a question that narrows your topic to a particular group. Consider the following:Do you want to focus on gender?An age group?An ethnic group?
- Assume you are doing research on sickle cell anemia. What aspects of the disease are most interesting to you? What might you want to focus on:The impact the disease has on the lives of children who have sickle cell anemiaThe treatmentWhat research is already being doneExample:What impact does sickle cell anemia have on the lives of people between the ages of 30 and 40, and what treatment is available to them?
- Do you want to examine your topic as it exists currently? In a specific time period? In the general past? In the projected future?Sickle Cell Anemia Example:How has the treatment of sickle cell anemia and the quality of life of those with the disease improved over the last 100 years?
- Do you want to look at the topic from a global perspective? From a national perspective? From a state perspective? Your community?Do you want to focus your research globally, focus on its impact on a particular country, or look at your own community?
- Examine WHY the topic is important: Are you looking for the cause of a problem? Determining the impact of an issue? Examining the validity of information around a topic?Why is it important to find a cure for sickle cell anemia?