After completing this module, you should be able to -

Recognize how information is generally organized and disseminated and how to access it, including:

identifying different resource formats; recognize the scope and content of various retrieval systems; and determining the difference between popular & scholarly resources as well as primary, secondary, and tertiary sources of information.

Assess the effectiveness of a search strategy and refine it as necessary, including:

determining if results satisfy your information need; revising search strategy with new keywords and/or retrieval sources; and deciding when to revise or abandon topic.

For many assignments, you may be asked to to find only scholarly (or academic) articles. These articles are written by researchers or professionals, have been reviewed by scholars (you may also see the words "peer-reviewed" or "refereed"), and are found in academic and research journals.