1. Interactive Student Guide to Using the Information Literacy Process Model Note to teachers: For suggestions on how to teach the research process using this interactive guide, click here .
2. What is the Information Literacy Process Model? The Information Literacy Process (ILP) Model is a nine step guide to the research process. It begins where you begin as a researcher: when you encounter a task, like a school assignment, or need information to satisfy your curiosity, or solve a problem. Information Literacy Process (ILP) Model Any time you feel you need more help than this PowerPoint provides, click on the ILP Model icon to go to many more resources.
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4. Taking away the Big Idea It’s time to communicate! Apply your new understanding What will it mean for ME? How can I better understand what I found? How can I manage the things I find? How do I explore? What questions do I ask? How do I begin? If you only need help with a few steps, you don’t need to go through the entire PowerPoint; instead, you can click on any of the links above to get help
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23. STEP 3 – Searching & Locating If this is your first time searching for information independently, you may want to try some other tutorials. Click on the ILP Model Icon to go to more help.
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32. Self-check: Please read the original source material carefully and then select the entry, either "A" or "B," that you think has not been plagiarized. Click on the underlined link to check your answer. Student Example B: Reporters Karen Ayres and Mike Jackson report that “plagiarism appears to be more rampant than ever in high schools.” Part of the problem appears to be that students “don’t understand that surfing Web sites and lifting passages for their own assignments is stealing ideas, thoughts and words from others.” (Dallas Morning News) Student Example A: Cheating is as old as homework, but educators say plagiarism appears to happen more than ever in high schools and at colleges and universities. Copying web sites and lifting passages for their own assignments is stealing ideas, thoughts and words from others. (Dallas Morning News) Source: Ayres, Karen, and Mike Jackson. "Teachers turn tables in plagiarism battle." Dallas Morning News 29 Jan. 2006: n.p. SIRS Researcher . ProQuest Information and Learning. Baltimore County Public Schools, Baltimore, MD. 14 July 2006 <http://www.sirs.com>. Original: “Cheating is as old as homework, but educators say plagiarism appears to be more rampant than ever in high schools and at colleges and universities. They blame the Internet. Students among the first generation to grow up online are writing term papers with unlimited resources at their fingertips. But these young people, educators say, often don't understand that surfing Web sites and lifting passages for their own assignments is stealing ideas, thoughts and words from others.”
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36. Demonstration: Sifting Information Click here to see a demonstration of sifting. When you analyze your notes, you need to first, sift and then, sort the information you have gathered. Sifting is the process of weeding out information you don’t need and keeping what you do. Once you have sifted your information, then, it’s time to sort the information. Mutts Poodle Pit Bull Dogs
37. Practice #1 Now it’s your turn to practice sifting. Remember to look back at your topic and keep only those ideas that support your topic. Right click and delete the subtopics that do not belong. Westward Expansion Tariffs Kansas- Nebraska Act Robert E. Lee Slavery Economic Differences Causes of the Civil War
38. Demonstration: Sorting Information Click here to see a demonstration of sorting. Mutts Poodle Pit Bull Dogs Now, it’s time to sort the information. When you sort information, you look for facts and ideas that are the same.
39. Practice #3 Now it’s your turn to practice sorting. Look at your topic. What topics or ideas are the same? Which are different? Right click, select format auto shape, and color code ideas that are alike. Synthesizing Asking Questions Connecting Organizing Collecting Analyzing Research Process
