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Information Fluency
- Appreciate the importance of information literacy
- Understand the nature and extent of information need
- Understand the IL cycle
Seek for the Right Information
- Identify primary and secondary sources of information
- Know various forms and formats of information
- Select the most appropriate search tools for information
- Examine the scope, contents, and organization of search and retrieval tools
- Identify keywords, synonyms and related terms for the information needed
- Construct a search strategy using Boolean operators, keywords and truncation/wildcards
- Identify the topics to browse
Manage Retrieved Information Effectively
- Determine the location of a source
- Determine what sources are being held by the Libraries
- Independently gather information sources
- View and extract full text articles and eBooks from online databases
- Create a system of organizing the information
- Records all pertinent citation information
Assess Information Critically
- Evaluate information and its sources using the CRAAP test
Refer Information Sources Correctly
- Select an appropriate documentation style
- Cite sources correctly
- Post permission granted notices for copyrighted materials
Treat and Apply Information Ethically
- Use approved passwords for off-campus access to information
- Comply with library policies on access to information resources
- Legally obtains, stores, and disseminates text, data, images, or sounds
- Demonstrate an understanding of what constitute plagiarism
- Check the originality of a work using Turnitin
