Information Literacy & Research Skills

Mission

To support the educational goals of the University by introducing students to the concepts and skills of Information Literacy that will enable them to become confident and competent in their retrieval and application of information in a technological and global society.

Course goals and objectives

To introduce students to the variety of resources available for research, though primarily those provided by the University library.

To enable students to make optimum use of the resources by constructing effective search strategies using a variety of techniques, including Boolean operators.

To encourage students to think critically about the nature of the information they are receiving and to evaluate its relevance and usefulness in terms of academic quality.

To encourage students to appreciate their role in the information community by introducing them to various styles of citation that acknowledge the provenance of the information they use.

Resources

LILAC - Information Literacy website

Literacy.Org - A gateway to electronic resources for the national and international literacy communities.

Internet evaluation

Information Literacy & Reseach Skills: Internet evaluation examples

Evaluating Internet sites - CARS checklist

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