learning skills 7 skills in information retrieval slides
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Learning skills: Topic 7: Skills in Information RetrievalTRANSCRIPT
Learning OutcomesLearning Outcomes
Identify the various information sources i.e. OPAC, electronic databases and Internet.
OPACOPAC OPAC or Online Public Access Catalogue
– an electronic or online catalogue for materials available in a library (printed, audio-video, etc.)
Search strategies: Author Title Subject Keyword
Electronic DatabasesElectronic Databases Bibliographic databases
Provide basic bibliographic information or citations of items (author, title, year of publication, publishers, abstracts, descriptions of items, etc.)
Full-text databases Provide basic bibliographic information
or citations and full-text of the items
Searching on the InternetSearching on the Internet Internet search tools
Search engines – using single search engine
Meta search engines – using many single search engines
Subject directories – websites that are organised into a hierarchy of subject categories
Databases – free databases
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