YEAR 7 INFORMATION LITERACY HOMEWORK – TERM 2, WEEK 1

Information Literacy and self empowerment.

   We are not always lucky in life but with good information literacy skills we can be prepared for new opportunities that may come our way. Rumpelstilskin is an excellent example of how a girl uses a combination of good fortune and information skills to solve the problems she was facing.

 

   Using the central narrative answer the following questions.

 

1)      Why do people boast of things that cannot be done?

2)      What is straw?

3)      Why is gold so precious?

4)      What is more valuable than all the treasures in the world?

5)      Why are names so important?

 

Information Skills Process

   Producing a research assignment is like baking a cake. You must be thorough in preparing the ingredients and follow the steps in the recipe carefully. Here are the six steps recommended for creating the best assignments. 

 

1)      Define the key words/subjects

2)      Locate rich resources

3)      Select information that suits the questions

4)      Organise the results by themes, such as time, place or personality

5)      Present the results in a variety of ways

6)      Assess and evaluate the results of your search   

 

Click on the hyperlink to see a comprehensive list of questions and answers on the site

http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/schoollibraries/teachingideas/isp/index.htm

that the NSW Department of Education uses to help students learn.

 

 

1.  What ingredients do you put into a cake?

2.  Where do you find the ingredients?

3.  Who makes the best ingredients?

 

Bibliographic Records

 

   A bibliographic record not only gives information through metadata.  It is also an exercise in visual literacy.

 

Look at the record below from the Bankstown Library online http://library.bankstown.nsw.gov.au/Libero/bankstown/toolbar/liberoWebApp.html

and answer the questions below.

 

The adventures of Pinocchio / : by Carlo Collodi ; translated and illustrated by Francis Wainwright

•    Browse Shelf Catalogue Record 614973 .

·               Item Information Catalogue Record 614973 .

•    Catalogue Information Catalogue Record 614973 .

 

Item Information
Call Number	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date	Res.
JF COLL	Junior Fiction		Panania .	. Available .

Download Title Catalogue Record 614973

Reserve Title Catalogue Record 614973

Catalogue Record 614973 ItemInfo Beginning of record .

Catalogue Record 614973 ItemInfo Top of page .

 

Catalogue Information
Field name	Details
ISBN	0805000275
Name	Collodi, Carlo, 1826-1890. .
Uniform title	Avventure di Pinocchio. English
Title	The adventures of Pinocchio / by Carlo Collodi ; translated and illustrated by Francis Wainwright
Edition	1st American ed.
Published	New York : H. Holt, 1986
Description	96 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Notes	Translation of: Pinocchio, storia si un burattino
	A wooden puppet full of tricks and mischief, with a talent for getting into and out of trouble, wants more than anything else to become a real boy
Added Names	Wainwright, Francis .
Links to Related Works	There are no related Subjects for this title: Authors: Collodi, Carlo, 1826-1890. . Wainwright, Francis .

 

 

Questions on the bibliographic record

 

1) What is the author’s name?

2) What is the uniform title?

3) What is the Physical description?

4) What is the call number?

5) Where is the book held?

6) Can it be borrowed?

7) Who is the illustrator?