Re/search and Inquiry Models Kath Murdoch's model Australia NSW Information Skills for schools Carol Kuhlthau's Guided Inquiry Other Links

Re/search and Inquiry Models

Kath Murdoch's model

(taken from her 1998 book Classroom Connections) (a PYP favorite)

• Tuning In
• Finding Out
• Sorting Out
• Going Further
• Making conclusions
• Taking action
• Sharing/Reflection

Australia NSW Information Skills for schools

The bog standard model in Australia

• Define, Select, Locate, Organise, Present, and Assess

The Big 6

The bog standard model in the US

• 1. Task definition, 2. Information seeking strategies, 3. Location and access, 4. Use of information, 5. Synthesis, and 6. Evaluation

Carol Kuhlthau's Guided Inquiry

(see source)

NoodleTools Information Literacy model

Other Links

Websites with good summary lists of the different search and inquiry models available:

Info Literacy Models

Information Age Inquiry

• -- Indiana University, School of Library and Information Science

Information Literacy Models and Inquiry Learning Models

from Trevor Bond in NZ, author of the SAUCE process (set the scene, acquire, use, communicate, evaluate)