Finding information: different resources

1. Finding information:
different resources
http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/your-study/library-and-it-support
BA/BSC Product Design Feb 2017

2. Today we will look at..
• Finding information
• Evaluating information

3. More to life than Google
• Explore the resources you have been given
• Choose your favourite
• Prepare a short presentation
• Include:
• What is it?
• Useful/interesting features
• Limitations
• How you could use this resource in your studies

4. Evaluating information
Imagine you are writing an essay on Robots
Have a look at the 4 items that you have been given and
consider the following:
• Which item is the most relevant to your essay?
• Which item would be no use?
• Which item has the most academic authority?
• Are any of the items biased?
• Which item is the most current?

5. • Authority
• Relevance
• Intent
• Objectivity
• Currency
Evaluating information

6. Need further help?
Your Librarian is:
Vanessa Hill v.hill@mdx.ac.uk