Sources of information

What you should know: 

Sources of information

  • You should know the main sources of information and their advantages and disadvantages on the internet. 
  • You should be able to help participants identify the right sources for specific search queries. 

Sources of information can be: 

  • Search engine
  • Private websites and weblogs
  • News and information sites
  • Websites of professional magazines and journals
  • Communities and internet forums
  • Social networks
  • Statistics
  • Encyclopaedias
  • Information services
  • Offline services

Information on this: 

  • Chapter 1.2. information sources in the module Information Search & Opinion Formation
  • CUMILA Wiki Exercise c1L06 - Information sources on the web 
  • CUMILA Wiki Exercise c1L07 - Information source Wikipedia

Read the relevant chapters in the module and, if necessary, work on the exercises mentioned yourself or prepare them for your lessons.