Task Definition

·          What is the problem to be solved?

·          What types of information are needed to solve the problem?

Information-Seeking Strategies

·          What are the possible sources of information?

·          Which are the best of all the possibilities?

Location and Access

·          Where are these sources?

·          Where is the information in each source?

Use of Information

·          What information does the source provide?

·          How can you extract the information you need?

Synthesis

·          How does the information from all the sources fit together?

·          How is the information best presented?

Evaluation

·          Was the information problem solved?

·          If the problem had to be solved again, what would you do differently?