Writing and Information Competency in Small Bytes
Information Competency Navigation Model

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Purpose and Decision to Start Rhetorical Need Motivation Planning and management of tasks over time
Problem Question
Generate Information Needs and Questions General orientation to subject Specific topics: events, chronology, people, issues, etc. Identify key concepts and words
Personal	Documents	Library					Internet
Prior knowledge Brainstorming Clustering Outlining Personal contacts Interviews Observation Notetaking	Letters Reports Maps Organizational files and records Brochures Newsletters	Books ALIS at Fresno State	Periodicals Indexes and Abstracts InfoTrac	Reference Books Bibliographies Encyclopedias Biographical indexes	Government Documents	On-line Databases	Search tools AltaVista Webcrawler Yahoo Bridge Bookmarks Useful websites Libraries Museums Government Commercial Business Scholarly Professional Personal
Access Research Sources Find and read materials Use footnotes & bibliographies for additional leads Revise and refine research question in light of new information
Notes and Records Keep track of sources: build bibliography as you go Take notes: "Direct quotations" Paraphrases Important facts, statistics Your comments in reaction to material Organize as you go
Critically Analyze and Evaluate Information Criteria for evaluating evidence Pertinence to task and audience
Organize and Synthesize Information Synthesizing a thesis Selecting and apportioning developmental materials Ciceronian organization principles: exordium, narratio, partitio, confirmatio, confutatio, and conclusio
Communicating results of research to others
Essays and Research Papers draft, revising, rewriting, and proofreading Scholarly citation styles and formats: MLA, APA, Chicago, Chemistry, Biology Tech: Using Word			Reports Oral reports: Using PowerPoint Written reports: Using Word in association with PowerPoint		Webpages & hyperlink essays Links to HTML instructional sites Instructions for creating webpages at Fresno State
Judging the communication product and the process Evaluation of academic work: grading Continuing role of information competencies in getting university education

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Writing and Information Competency in Small Bytes John A. Cagle, Ph.D. Summer Bridge Program California State University, Fresno

ã 1998 by John A. Cagle, Professor of Communication, California State University, Fresno.

This information competency website was designed by John A. Cagle (Department of Communication) and Ross LaBaugh (Librarian) as part of a grant from the California State University.  It continues to be under construction.