Prince Wiliam County Librarians developed the Information Management Process (IMP) to help students learn to locate and manage information.    Teachers and Librarians collaboratively plan lessons to instruct students in the 5 steps of the IMP.

Clarify Information

• What do I already know?   (Prior knowledge)   • What do I want to know?   (Relevant questions)   • Where should I begin my search?   (Search plan)

Access and Retrieve Resources

• Where can I look to find out?   (Locating)

Know how information is organized.               Use a variety of means to locate print and electronic resources.

Evaluate Resources

• Do the resources I found have the information I need?   (Testing)

Look at the index, table of contents, guide words, copyright date,             format, reading level, bibliography.

Analyze Information

• What does this resource say?   • What should I write?   (Notetaking)

Evaluate, record and organize information.             Cite sources.

Synthesize Information

• How should I put it together?   (Creating)

Combine information from all sources.             Make conclusions based on information.             Determine how to share knowledge.