Big 6 Discovery Exercise

1. THE
BIG
6

2. Task Definition
• Discover the problem
• Know your question
• Recognise nature and
information needed

3. Information Seeking
Strategies
• How to answer the question
• Critically evaluate sources
• Choose information from
reliable sources

4. Location and Access
• The cost, The how, The where
• Source location
• Access managed efficiently
and effectively

5. Use of Information
• Interact (read, hear, view)
• Decipher and extract relevant
Information
• Use information ethically and
legally

6. Synthesis
• Structure and summarise
• Arrange information from
various sources
• Integrate information,
knowledge and value systems
• Present Information

7. Evaluation
• Use information efficiently
• Reference accordingly
• Evaluate the result
• Evaluate the process