Big 6 Organizer

The Big6 is an information literacy model developed by Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz, and is the most widely-known and widely-used approach to teaching information and technology skills in the world. When you apply the Big6 steps, you have an essential framework to approach any information-based question

Name____________________ Teacher________________ Date______________

Complete Big Six Steps #1 and #2 before beginning research.

Big 6 #1: Task Definition

What information do I need in order to do this?

1.________________________________________________________________

2.________________________________________________________________

3.________________________________________________________________

4.________________________________________________________________

Big 6 #2: Information-seeking Strategies

What are the possible sources to find this information?  Mark best source(s) for this assignment with an (*).

Big 6 #3: Location and Access

What sources have I found?  Where will I find these sources?  List books, encyclopedia articles, magazine articles, persons to be interviewed, etc.  Include call numbers for library books.

Big 6 #4: Use of Information

How will I record the information that I find?

______Take notes ______Draw pictures           ______Other

How will I give credit to my sources? (title, author, publisher, year, page number)

______Write title, author, publishing information, and page number on note cards.

______Write title, author, publishing information, page number on separate paper.

Big 6 #5: Synthesis

What product or performance will I do to finish my assignment?

How will I give credit to my sources in my final product or performance?

______include a written bibliography

______include footnotes

______include credits in video, computer program, or other media

______other

Big 6 #6: Evaluation

How will I know that I have done my best?

______What I did to finish the assignment is what I was supposed to do in Step 1.

______Information found in Step 4 matches information needed in Step 1.

______I gave credit to my sources.

______I used at least three sources.

______My work is neat.

______My work is complete, and includes my name and the date.