Locate I: What am I searching for?

Identify key concepts in a research question

• DIF: Locate I.A.1
• IL-Tech Standards for Teachers 8A: Information Literacy Skills
• IL-Learning Goal 5A: Locate, organize and use information from various sources to answer questions, solve problems and communicate ideas
• NETS-S 5: Technology research tools
• NETS-S 6: Technology problem-solving and decision-making tool

Create effective and efficient search queries by translating a natural language question into a search query (selecting initial keywords)

• DIF: Locate I.A.2.a.i
• IL-Tech Standards for Teachers 8A: Information Literacy Skills
• IL-Learning Goal 5A: Locate, organize and use information from various sources to answer questions, solve problems and communicate ideas
• NETS-S 5: Technology research tools
• NETS-S 6: Technology problem-solving and decision-making tool

Create effective and efficient search queries by translating a natural language question into a search query (selecting initial Boolean operators)

• DIF: Locate I.A.2.a.ii
• IL-Tech Standards for Teachers 8A: Information Literacy Skills
• IL-Learning Goal 5A: Locate, organize and use information from various sources to answer questions, solve problems and communicate ideas
• NETS-S 5: Technology research tools
• NETS-S 6: Technology problem-solving and decision-making tool

Locate II: Where will I look?

Select digital collections effectively and efficiently based on their characteristics ('visible,' 'invisible,' 'opaque,' vanishing')

• DIF: Locate I.B.2.a, b, c
• IL-Tech Standards for Teachers 8A: Information Literacy Skills
• IL-Learning Goal 5A: Locate, organize and use information from various sources to answer questions, solve problems and communicate ideas
• NETS-S 3: Technology productivity tools
• NETS-S 5: Technology research tools

Locate III: How will I get there?

Use search engines efficiently (incl. estimating their probability of effectiveness)

• DIF: Locate I.C.1.a.i
• IL-Tech Standards for Teachers 8A: Information Literacy Skills
• IL-Learning Goal 5A: Locate, organize and use information from various sources to answer questions, solve problems and communicate ideas
• NETS-S 5: Technology research tools
• NETS-S 6: Technology problem-solving and decision-making tool

Use subject directories efficiently (incl. estimating their probability of effectiveness)

• DIF: Locate I.C.1.a.ii
• IL-Tech Standards for Teachers 8A: Information Literacy Skills
• IL-Learning Goal 5A: Locate, organize and use information from various sources to answer questions, solve problems and communicate ideas
• NETS-S 5: Technology research tools
• NETS-S 6: Technology problem-solving and decision-making tool

Use browsing efficiently (incl. estimating its probability of effectiveness)

• DIF: Locate I.C.1.a.iii
• IL-Tech Standards for Teachers 8A: Information Literacy Skills
• IL-Learning Goal 5A: Locate, organize and use information from various sources to answer questions, solve problems and communicate ideas
• NETS-S 5: Technology research tools
• NETS-S 1: Basic operations and concepts

Create effective and efficient search queries by developing and applying vocabulary building strategies (incl. acquiring new words in context)

• DIF: Locate I.A.2.b
• IL-Tech Standards for Teachers 8A: Information Literacy Skills
• IL-Learning Goal 5A: Locate, organize and use information from various sources to answer questions, solve problems and communicate ideas
• NETS-S 5: Technology research tools
• NETS-S 6: Technology problem-solving and decision-making tool

Create effective and efficient search queries by revising their search queries based on search results/feedback (selecting alternate keywords)

• DIF: Locate I.A.2.c.i
• IL-Tech Standards for Teachers 8A: Information Literacy Skills
• IL-Learning Goal 5A: Locate, organize and use information from various sources to answer questions, solve problems and communicate ideas
• NETS-S 5: Technology research tools
• NETS-S 6: Technology problem-solving and decision-making tool

Create effective and efficient search queries by revising their search queries based on search results/feedback (selecting alternate Boolean operators)

• DIF: Locate I.A.2.c.ii
• IL-Tech Standards for Teachers 8A: Information Literacy Skills
• IL-Learning Goal 5A: Locate, organize and use information from various sources to answer questions, solve problems and communicate ideas
• NETS-S 5: Technology research tools
• NETS-S 6: Technology problem-solving and decision-making tool

Evaluate: How good is the information?

Evaluate the quality of a search result to determine its usefulness in addressing the natural language question (revision decision)

• DIF: Evaluate II.A.1.a
• IL-Tech Standards for Teachers 8B: Information Literacy Skills
• IL-Learning Goal 5B: Analyze and evaluate information acquired from various sources
• NETS-S 6: Technology problem-solving and decision-making tool

Evaluate the quality of a search result to determine the reliability of its content (internal content reliability: accuracy, timeliness, evidence, print sources, links to)

• DIF: Evaluate II.A.2.a,b
• IL-Tech Standards for Teachers 8B: Information Literacy Skills
• IL-Learning Goal 5B: Analyze and evaluate information acquired from various sources
• NETS-S 6: Technology problem-solving and decision-making tool

Evaluate the quality of a search result to determine the reliability of its source (author, publisher, bias, links from)

• DIF: Evaluate II.A.3.a,b
• IL-Tech Standards for Teachers 8B: Information Literacy Skills
• IL-Learning Goal 5B: Analyze and evaluate information acquired from various sources
• NETS-S 6: Technology problem-solving and decision-making tool

Use: How will I ethically use this information?

Decide whether or not to integrate digital information (observing copyright, citation-credit, fair use, quotations, paraphrasing, avoiding plagiarism)

• DIF: Use III.A.1.a,b
• IL-Tech Standards for Teachers 2H: Personal and Professional Use of Technology
• IL-Learning Goal 5C: Apply acquired information, concepts and ideas to communicate in a variety of formats
• NETS-S 2: Social, ethical, and human issues