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This essential category supports pupils in navigating information, developing inquiry skills, and becoming critical thinkers — empowering them to find, evaluate, and use knowledge effectively.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"345\" data-end=\"668\"\u003ePacked with tools such as research guides, information literacy activities, inquiry prompts, citation and note-taking aids, organised library systems, and classroom displays, this range helps students build key competencies in locating sources, asking great questions, analysing content, and communicating findings clearly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"670\" data-end=\"995\"\u003ePerfect for Irish primary classrooms, library corners, project work, and cross-curricular studies, these resources make research structured, engaging, and purposeful. 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