Online Information

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Online information:

 Wide range of sources of information


 Information from something you created yourself is a primary source e.g)
 Your own blogs/journals/articles
 Photos/video you took
 Your own audio/video recording

 Information from something someone else created is a secondary source e.g)


 Newspapers
 Articles/websites created by others
 TVs/CDs created by others
 When choosing information, you should consider , if it is fit for purpose and intended audience

Search Engines:
 Keywords:
 Words that a user types into a search engine to look for matching results
 Keep it simple
 Search types:
 Allow users to specify the type of information
 Search Tools:
 Allow users to filter the results provided buy the search engines
Suggested and Autofill:
Automatic suggestion of a completed word or phrase that is
provided as the user types
Results would change as you continue typing
 Search Syntax:
 rules that describe how words and phrases are used in a language, including:
and “+”: returns only results that match both words
not “-“: returns results that do not include the word or phrase
Phrase matching (“”) returns only results that have the entire phrase

Copyright and Plagiarism :


 When using info from secondary source, you must have permission
 State source of the information
o URL, the author's name and the date you found the information OP the date the
information was published.
 People Just copy and paste info without even checking
if it is fit fop purpose
o Plagiarism
o rewrite/rephrase the information
o found info, understood it & reproduced in your own words

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