Information Literacy at Midway College Faculty Workshop

Information Literacy Defined: having the ability to recognize when information is needed and to be able to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information - American Library Association. Presidential Committee on Information Literacy. Final Report.(Chicago: American Library Association, 1989.)

Information Literacy Competencies and Outcomes 1. Define a topic or information need and develop a search strategy.  State a question, problem, or issue  Identify terms and keywords relating to the information need  Identify sources that might exist to answer the question  Understand Boolean operators  Understand use of subject headings

Information Literacy Competencies and Outcomes 2. Access the needed information  Use library’s online catalog (Voyager) to find a book or print resource  Use electronic databases (such as EBSCOhost or FirstSearch) to access full-text journal article or abstract  Effectively use Internet resources  Use print resources, including reference materials  Utilize Interlibrary Loan and catalogs of other institutions to locate resources not held locally

Information Literacy Competencies and Outcomes 3. Evaluate the information found  Check resource for reliability, authoritativeness, timeliness  Determine if information gathered answers the question or addresses the issue

Information Literacy Competencies and Outcomes 4. Use and synthesize the information  Use information gathered for argument  Document sources using proper citations

Information Literacy Competencies and Outcomes Subject specific outcomes: “Understand use of subject headings” could be: “Understand use of PsychInfo Thesaurus” for Psychology “Understand use of CINAHL subject headings” for Nursing

Information Literacy Competencies and Outcomes Subject-specific outcomes: “Use electronic databases (such as EBSCOhost or FirstSearch) to access full- text journal article or abstract” could be: “ use NoveList to find a book review” for Teacher Education “use CINAHL to find an article in a nursing journal” for Nursing

Information Literacy Incorporating Competencies and Outcomes into class activities Library Instruction and the “Teachable Moment” Assignments: Not just research papers!

Information Literacy Books Library Catalog (Voyager) WorldCat NetLibrary

Information Literacy Articles EBSCOhost FirstSearch KYVL

Information Literacy Web Resources Library Links Subject pages

Information Literacy The End