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Research Tips » Big 6: Location and Access
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Big 6: Location and Access
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A Good Way to Get Started: Location and Access by Anna Bajer Sievers Olson and Lola Cowling 3.1 Locate Sources Figure our where you will get these sources. Beside each source, write its location. If it is a web site, list its address. Try to use those that your teacher or librarian have linked or bookmarked. This will save you time. If your source is a person, figure out how you will contact him or her and make a note of this. Now you will actually have to get the sources. You may have to get and use them one at a time. If so, come back to this step to locate each source. 3.2 Find information within sources Now that you have the source in hand, how will you get to the information that you need? (Remember the questions you wrote in Task Definition?) This all depends on the source. A. First make a list of words that will help you find information in all of your sources. These are called keywords. They are like synonyms and related words to your topic. You can find many of these in the questions you wrote in Task Definition. B. Now make a list of the sources of information you will use. Beside each, note how you will access the information you need. -
Book: Look at the index or table of contents for your topic and keywords. -
Encyclopedia: Use the index volume for the topic and keywords. -
Web sites that are subscribed to by your library (such as Culturegrams, badgerlink.net, discovery streaming, CobblestoneOnLine.net): type topic and keywords in the search box. -
Free web sites: use topic and keywords and do an advanced search. Check the FLW databases for information. A new one is CobblestoneOnline.net. Use the public library system. www.mcfls.org You can request that books from around the county be sent to the West Allis library.
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