{"id":720,"date":"2017-04-03T21:16:15","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T21:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-researchsuccess\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=720"},"modified":"2017-04-13T18:48:37","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T18:48:37","slug":"sources-and-information-needs","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-researchsuccess\/chapter\/sources-and-information-needs\/","title":{"raw":"Sources and Information Needs","rendered":"Sources and Information Needs"},"content":{"raw":"<div id=\"attachment_907\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 510px\">\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_907\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"500\"]<img class=\"wp-image-907 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1547\/2017\/04\/03155806\/4-needs.png\" alt=\"a map and compass\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" \/> It\u2019s easier to find appropriate sources when you start with a plan.[\/caption]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nThis section and the section on <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-researchsuccess\/chapter\/categorizing-sources\/\">Types of Sources<\/a> work together. That\u2019s because knowing the kinds of information in each category of sources will help you choose the right kind of information to meet each of your information needs. <b>And some of those needs are very particular.<\/b>\r\n\r\nInformation needs are why you need sources. Meeting those needs is what you\u2019re going to do with sources as you complete your research project.\r\n\r\nHere are those needs:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>To learn more background information.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>To answer your research question(s).<\/li>\r\n \t<li>To convince your audience that your answer is correct or, at least, the most reasonable answer.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>To describe the situation surrounding your research question for your audience and explain why it\u2019s important.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>To report what others have said about your question, including any different answers to your research question.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div class=\"example\">\r\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\r\n<div class=\"example\">\r\n<h3><strong>Tip:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nFor another way to think about the work your sources do, see <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-researchsuccess\/chapter\/thinking-about-roles-of-sources\/\">Roles of Research Sources<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h1>Needs and Final Products<\/h1>\r\n<\/div>\r\nThe verbs in the list of information needs above tell you exactly how you\u2019ll use sources to carry out your research and create your final product: to learn, answer, convince, describe, and report. But you won\u2019t be doing any of that alone.\r\n\r\nYour sources will give you information with which to reason. They\u2019ll also give you direct quotes and information to summarize and paraphrase as you create your final product. In other words, your sources will support you every step of the way during your research project.\r\n\r\nBackground information may seldom appear directly in any final product. But meeting each of the other information needs will result in written sections of a term paper. For other final products, you\u2019ll have the same needs and will use sources to meet them, but not all needs will result in a section of your final product.\r\n<div class=\"example\">\r\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\r\n<div class=\"example\">\r\n<h4><strong>Example:<\/strong> Final Products &amp; Information Needs<\/h4>\r\nOn a poster about your own original research, you aren\u2019t likely to have room to describe the situation surrounding your research question and why the question is important or to report what others have said about your question. But that doesn\u2019t mean you didn\u2019t meet those needs and others as you carried out your research\u2014unlike a term paper or journal article, the poster format in which you reported it just had more limited space.\r\n\r\nMore specifically, in order to justify doing the research to yourself and your professor, you will have started by meeting the information need to describe the situation and why it is important. (Your instructor may or may not have you turn in that justification.) And in order to do research based on what has already been found out, you will have studied what others have already reported. Since every discipline requires its researchers to follow particular conventions when conducting and reporting research so as to produce results that are believable, you also will have tried to meet the need to convince your audience by your choice of what you report about your research after reading in sources how others have used the conventions for your discipline.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox\">\r\n<div class=\"example\">\r\n<h4><strong>Activity:<\/strong> Sources and Information Needs<\/h4>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"activity\">\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/library.osu.edu\/blogs\/choosingsources\/files\/2016\/07\/infoneeds-ebook.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Open activity in a web browser.<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"activity\"><\/div>","rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_907\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 510px\">\n<div id=\"attachment_907\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-907\" class=\"wp-image-907 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1547\/2017\/04\/03155806\/4-needs.png\" alt=\"a map and compass\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It\u2019s easier to find appropriate sources when you start with a plan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This section and the section on <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-researchsuccess\/chapter\/categorizing-sources\/\">Types of Sources<\/a> work together. That\u2019s because knowing the kinds of information in each category of sources will help you choose the right kind of information to meet each of your information needs. <b>And some of those needs are very particular.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Information needs are why you need sources. Meeting those needs is what you\u2019re going to do with sources as you complete your research project.<\/p>\n<p>Here are those needs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To learn more background information.<\/li>\n<li>To answer your research question(s).<\/li>\n<li>To convince your audience that your answer is correct or, at least, the most reasonable answer.<\/li>\n<li>To describe the situation surrounding your research question for your audience and explain why it\u2019s important.<\/li>\n<li>To report what others have said about your question, including any different answers to your research question.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"example\">\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\n<div class=\"example\">\n<h3><strong>Tip:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>For another way to think about the work your sources do, see <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-researchsuccess\/chapter\/thinking-about-roles-of-sources\/\">Roles of Research Sources<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1>Needs and Final Products<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p>The verbs in the list of information needs above tell you exactly how you\u2019ll use sources to carry out your research and create your final product: to learn, answer, convince, describe, and report. But you won\u2019t be doing any of that alone.<\/p>\n<p>Your sources will give you information with which to reason. They\u2019ll also give you direct quotes and information to summarize and paraphrase as you create your final product. In other words, your sources will support you every step of the way during your research project.<\/p>\n<p>Background information may seldom appear directly in any final product. But meeting each of the other information needs will result in written sections of a term paper. For other final products, you\u2019ll have the same needs and will use sources to meet them, but not all needs will result in a section of your final product.<\/p>\n<div class=\"example\">\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\n<div class=\"example\">\n<h4><strong>Example:<\/strong> Final Products &amp; Information Needs<\/h4>\n<p>On a poster about your own original research, you aren\u2019t likely to have room to describe the situation surrounding your research question and why the question is important or to report what others have said about your question. But that doesn\u2019t mean you didn\u2019t meet those needs and others as you carried out your research\u2014unlike a term paper or journal article, the poster format in which you reported it just had more limited space.<\/p>\n<p>More specifically, in order to justify doing the research to yourself and your professor, you will have started by meeting the information need to describe the situation and why it is important. (Your instructor may or may not have you turn in that justification.) And in order to do research based on what has already been found out, you will have studied what others have already reported. 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