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Different search tools locate different information types. Consider what your information need is before selecting a search tool.
Exercise:
Pick the most appropriate information types and what search tool you would use to find it **Note there may be more than one correct answer**
1. If you need the telephone number to call a taxi after class
Telephone directory Subject dictionary Street directory
Which search tool would you use to find it?
Catalogue Database Internet
2. You have an assignment and need to define your keywords or topic words
Encyclopaedia and/or Subject dictionary Journal article Statistical directory
3. You need to find current information about the ongoing Aboriginal claims on Sandon Point at Bulli (Northern Wollongong)?
Newspapers and/or journal articles Encyclopaedia Textbook
4. Where might you find scholarly information on the latest developments in nanotechnology?
Newspapers Journal articles and/or conference papers Encyclopaedia
Databases
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