Academic Skills: Understanding the information cycle

Session description

Sources of information are created for different reasons and purposes. How an event is recorded evolves over time, with increased analysis and context added. These are factors that are critical to understanding the relevance of information for academic work. This session will help you to assess the academic use of sources including books, journals, news and websites in the context of the information cycle. 

Learning outcomes

After attending this session, you will be able to: 

• Recognise what the information cycle is 
• Identify and describe the fundamental differences in resources and how this affects their use in academic work.

Who is this workshop for?

This session is open to all students but will be of particular interest to those who wish to know more about how information evolves. 

Facilitator

This session is delivered by an academic skills specialist from University Library and Collections. 

How to book

You can book your place for this session through Target Connect. (You will need to register to create an account the first time you access Target Connect.)

For details of all planned sessions being ran by Library and Collections as part of the Academic Skills Centre, visit the Academic Skills SharePoint Site.