INFORMATION RETREIVAL REPORT
Procedure
The computer conferencing group was comprised of 6 members:
We chose to research Investors in People, each using a different method, including both paper based and internet based sources. The references to the information that we found was recorded in two data storage systems, the first in access and the second in excel. We then individually evaluated our research method.
Findings
Newspapers
Newspapers have reasonably accessible information A newspaper is available from newsagents, in towns; airports etc and are read by a large volume of readers. A wide choice is available: Large selections of newspapers are available, specialising in different areas. They have very up to date information as they change day to day. However using newspapers as a research method can be very time consuming because newspapers are very unspecific with no indication of their contents. In this situation we were looking for very specific information, the information provided to us by newspapers often only related to the subject we were researching. The information can also be quite volatile, rushed publications from sources which cannot always be reliable or accurate.
Journals
There is a large variety of journals to choose from which is advantageous in some instances but in this case made it harder to find specific information, it was very time consuming to manually search through every one. Journals are for specific information, one article will have several relevant points. The information that was retrieved from journals was very reliable and they contained a referencing system that made them easy to trace as well as a bibliography where further reading on the subject was listed, this wa ...