100% information literacy success /
This textbook, the fourth entry in the "100% Success" series, introduces students to the foundational concepts of information literacy as described by the American Library Association, empowers students to become information-literate, and prepares them for information-seeking in the workpl...
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Clifton Park :
Thomson Delmar Learning,
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction to information literacy
- Workplace requirements of employees
- Information literacy : an overview
- Critical thinking
- Creative thinking
- Problem solving
- Higher-order thinking
- Effective communication
- Organization
- Computer literacy
- Library literacy
- Media literacy
- Technology literacy
- Why is information literacy important?
- Steps in effective research
- Step 1 : define the need
- Step 2 : find the information
- Step 3 : evaluate the information
- Step 4 : organize the information
- Step 5 : communicate the information
- 2. Determining the information you need
- The research process
- Defining a topic
- The main research question
- Focused research questions
- Primary and secondary information sources
- Library information sources
- Books
- Reference sources
- Periodicals
- Multimedia
- Information retrieval systems
- Online public access catalog (OPAC)
- Databases
- The Internet
- 3. How do you find and access information?
- Library organization
- Library of Congress classification system
- Dewey Decimal classification system
- Superintendent of Documents classification system
- Using library classification systems
- Call number
- Library stacks
- Searching for information
- Author search
- Title search
- Subject search
- Keyword search
- Boolean operators
- Indexes
- Databases
- Information collection
- Scanning and skimming
- Highlighting
- Note-taking
- Photocopying
- 4. Evaluating information
- The importance of critical analysis
- Evaluating the resource
- Publication timeline
- Types of resources
- Evaluating authority
- Author
- Publisher
- Sponsor or owner
- Web address
- Evaluating currency
- Date and edition of a publication
- Determining currency of a Website
- Website stability
- Evaluating the content
- Intended audience
- Purpose and scope
- Objectivity
- Accuracy and Verifiability
- Overall quality
- Evaluating multimedia
- 5. Organizing information
- Information organization : an overview
- The importance of effective organization of information
- Organizational strategies
- Organization by category or concept
- Chronological organization
- Hierarchical organization
- Alphabetical organization
- Presenting information effectively
- Organizing written documents
- Organizing graphics
- Types of graphics
- Organizing PowerPoint presentations
- Organizing Web pages
- Application and uses of organized information
- Proposals and grants
- Technical reports
- 6. Legal, ethical, and communication issues related to information
- Communicating information legally and ethically
- Intellectual property
- Copyright
- Plagiarism
- Citing information sources
- APA style
- MLA style
- Chicago style
- Information and privacy issues
- Information and security issues
- Computer security
- Communicating information
- The communication process
- Channels of communication
- Conclusion
- Glossary.