THE BIG 6

Steps for

Information Problem Solving

By Emily Jardine

1. TASK DEFINITION

Know Your Question

Pick out the key topics you need to obtain

information about.

2. INFORMATION SEEKING STRATEGIES

Plan Your Attack

Work out how to get the information that you

need.

3. LOCATION AND ACCESS

Where and How

Locate your sources and determine whether

they are suitable and available for your use.

4. USE OF INFORMATION

Read, Hear, View…

Engage with your information and extract

what is relevant for your research.

5. SYNTHESIS

Organise and Present

Put all the information together and

present your finished product.

6. EVALUATION

How Did You Go?

Look at how you carried out your research

and the finished product and judge it

objectively.

Would you have done anything differently?