we got an understanding about what is Information Literacy.We came to know what the subject going to teach us.As the subject was new to us at first we couldn't understand but after referring the notes we got a clear idea on the subject.

First we came to know what is 
Information Literacy?

• It simply means the ability to identify what information is needed , to understand how information is organized and to identify the sources available and using the information ethically.
• Its so important for every students to get knowledge  on this because as we are in the modern world  the use of information technology is increasing day by day.Its by getting a knowledge on Information Literacy we can face challenges.

Then we learned  about the problems that is faced due to the lack of information skills.This might be a great loss for the ones who are not trained under the Information Skills.The major problem will be in  our  society  is they will find wrong information what is available and  mislead the information.

overall In secession 1 we got a brief idea on what is Information literacy.

started with the Information Literacy process .Information Literacy process is a structural plan for solving the problems.It is a program where the learner should find , understand and train and make up himself by searching various Information in order to create a personal , social or global purposes.The Information Literacy process shows us the BIG SIX stage process .

The BIG SIX process helps us to solve problems and make correct decisions  by using this Information .

  - Big 6 process model -

1. Task Definition
2. Information Seeking Behavior
3. Location and Access
4. Use of Information
5. Synthesis 
6. Evaluation  

This session teaches us the way to make a Research process.It means Choosing a wide Topic ,Getting an idea and formulating Questions  and making small  statement on the topic.

Session 2 :     - Primary Source -

Is the first-hand information and it states what happened during an event or a period time. Some Examples for Primary Sources as follow

- Secondary Source - 

Is the second hand Information which express the experience and opinions of others. It is written after the fact. Some Examples of Secondary Sources as Follows

 • Journal Artists

 • Books

 • Documentaries
   ( Radio and T.V )







- Tertiary Sources - 

Is the collection of Primary and Secondary Sources.it includes most types of references. Some Example for Tertiary Source as Follow

 • Bibliographies of bibliography

 • Directories of directors

 • Guides to the Literature

Session 2 :

This session teaches us the services provided by the library for students. Some services are Leading Books, Printing, Photocopy, and Information Search and so on.

 Encyclopaedia

There are two types of Encyclopaedia

 1. General Encyclopaedia 
     (Encyclopaedia Britannica ,     
      Encyclopaedia Americana)

 2. Special Encyclopaedia 
     (McGowan-Hill Encyclopaedia of Science and 
      Technology, International Encyclopaedia of 
      Social Sciences)

Dictionaries 

This source helps us to find the definition, spelling pronunciation, Synonyms, antonyms and homonyms and so on. Some alternate names of Dictionaries are     
Glossary, Lexicon, Thesaurus, vocabulary.

                                   

Year book: records the annul development of a geographical area.

On-line Retrieval System  

1. OPAC (On-line Public Access Catalog)

2. Databases
3. The Internet 

AIU Library Catalog 



Periodicals Publication 

Published on a regular or recurring basis-daily, weekly, monthly, bimonthly, quarterly, or annually.

We learnt 2 types of classification

• Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)
• The Library of Congress Classification (LCC)

We came to know the advantages and disadvantages of using classification schemes. 

Library Catalog

In this section we leaned about how to use the library Catalog & internet search engines.

Search Tools

Information Retrieval Systems

 

Library Catalog

In this section we got to know how to use the library Catalog of AIU Library. We can find out the books, audiovisuals, and periodicals that can be found in the AIU library by visiting the on-line Catalog. AIU System Libraries use a web-based called OPAC (On-line Public Access Catalog).

It serves as the focal search point for the library contents. Based on search criteria of author, subject or title,the retrieval or hit list screen will display attributes such as publisher, date of publication, call number and availability.

Types of Searching

• Browse Searching
• Keyword Searching
• Reserve: a reserve item (an item that the instructor has set aside for use by his or hes students only)
• Expert Search

Internet

Internet is an electronic network that connect personal computers and organizational computer/other around the world. The internet is available to anyone with computer, connection and internet service provider. Internet is also called as Information Superhighway. 

1) Search Engines

    Eg: Google, Alta Vista, Ask.com, Bing, etc....   

2) Meta-search Engines

    Eg: Meta Crawler, Dog pile ,Excite, etc.....

3) Information Gateways

    Eg: Eldis, Development Gateway, World Wide Web Virtual Library, etc.....

4) Subject Directories

    Eg:  INFORMINE, The internet Public Library, etc.....

5) Specialized Database

    Eg: Bibliographic Database, Google Scholar, Commercial Database, etc.....

Specialised Databases

This is also known as "invisible web" its so called because it is out of the reach of the “spiders” and their search tools.It includes statistics,schedules,maps,figures..Although they are invisible they can be found in most search engine results.

SEARCH STRATEGIES 

In week 5 we learned about strategies to search a word or a thing. I already talk about search tools, I hope you still remember but today I will let you know about search strategies. How we are going to find the right information and it has a quality. That is in short we got to know which cases we should use keywords,subject headings, phrases and single words.Single words are main points to learn in search strategies basic.

• Keywords- These usually gives us more resources,a broader search
• Subject Headings- A standardized vocabulary,usually gives a specific resources

             

Boolean Searching

- This refers to the combining terms such as AND,OR and NOT used in building  

  a search statement or in putting several sets together.Found by George Boole 

  (1815-1864)

- This is the way of displaying the results for OR,NOT and AND 

Boolean Searching is a combining term such as AND, OR. NOT used in building a search or statement or in putting a several set together. It known as the most common and basic search strategies 

- By sing AND between word you limit the search 

- By using OR between word it expand the search

- By using Not between word it exclude word from the search

Truncation and Wildcard 

Truncation expand the search to locate all word begin with the same root and they are normally end with the same root word.

Example :  teen* will give you the information about teen, teens, teenage or teenager.

Wildcard is a special character, such as asterisk (*), question mark (?) or pound sign (#) that replace one or more letter in the word. It usually represent a single character.It uses in the middle of word to match usually known variants of a term 

Example : wom?n will return woman, women and womyn         

                          

Introduction of Citation

This week was hardest week of all we have learnt so far. At first I was so confused of this lesson. latter on it was little OK. This week is the about Citation and documenting information sources. I have learned so many things for this week. I learned the basic of APA Styles. I came to know how to write a Bibliography/reference.It was so hard for me to understand the format.I came to know what is Plagiarism.

                                                                                         

                     APA Format...

—  Learn what APA style is and why it is so important

—  Learn about the standard APA title page format

—  Learn basic documentation for books, journals, and websites

—  Learn the differences between methods of source integration: summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting

—  Learn how to use signal phrases and in-text citation to avoid plagiarism

Why shout we learn about citation? 

It is because to tell  our readers that certain material in our work came from another source. It also gives our readers the information necessary to find that source again, the important thing is work without plagiarizing. Whenever we borrow words or ideas, we need to acknowledge their source. In the citation including the information about:

• information about the author
• the title of the work
• the name and location of the company that published your copy of the source
• the date your copy was published
• the page numbers of the material you are borrowing

What is APA style? 

It is American Psychological Association. It show the format of how to write the references in the right way.

Below are the example of format :

APA  Style citation for book more than first edition
Author. (Year). Title of book (Edition.). Place of Publication : Publisher.  

          

    APA Style citation for edited Book

  Editor. (Ed./Eds.). (Year). Title. Place of  publication : Publisher.
  

  APA Style citation for Corporate bodies as authour 
Corporate author. (Year). Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher.

  APA Style citation for edited book 

Editor. (Ed./Eds.). (Year). Title. Place of publication :Publisher.

APA Style citation for Journal Article  
          

Writer of the article.(Year).Title of the article.Title of the Journal, Volume(issue/no.), page.

APA Style citation for Article for Internet

Author. (Year). Title of the article. Retrieved month date, year from URL address.

APA Style citation for Dictionary

Editor.(Ed.).(Year).Name of Dictionary (Edition,Volumes).Place publication:      Publisher

I had already shown  you the way how to write the APA style format. So From now on I hope that no more copy& paste only.Besides as a good learner must not plagiarist. The lecture was so speed but I still could catch a few words. The lesson was not too easy or too difficult for me.I had a hard time to catchup the lesson. Miss Asna a Small Request Me and my Friends couldn't understand much in this lesson can you please teach us again.

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