Information Literacy for Teachers Debbie Meadows EDCI 579/LBST 390 CSUB CTAP Level 1, Proficiencies 1.10, 1.13 Revised 4-08

What is Information Literacy? the ability to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate and use effectively the needed information (ALA, 1989) available: ential_Committee_on_Information_Literacy.htm ential_Committee_on_Information_Literacy.htm

Components of Information Literacy Proficiency 1.10 –Selecting Sources –Search Strategies Proficiency 1.13 –Evaluating Sources –Obtaining Information From: The Nine Information Literacy Standards ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=19937

Selecting Sources Print Materials –Books –Magazines –Journals –Encyclopedias –Newspapers Technology Materials –CD-Roms/DVD-Roms –Websites –Electronic Databases –Search Engines –Online Encyclopedias –E-books

Search Strategies Boolean Logic Site Maps Search Directory –Human Touch Search Engines –Bot, Crawler, or Spider –Use Advance Search Page Meta-Search Engines –Multiple Search Engines

Boolean Logic California and Mission California not Mission California or Mission

Site Maps Quick way to navigate a large site Key Words or Sections

Search Directories Search Directories: –Kathy Schrock scovery.com/s chrockguide/ scovery.com/s chrockguide/ –About.Com m/ m/

Search Engine Google arch?hl=en arch?hl=en Altavista a.com/web/adv a.com/web/adv

Meta-Search Engine –Dogpile –Kartoo –Webbrain

Additional Technology Electronic Encyclopedia – – Periodical Index and Card Catalogue – Primary Sources – Ask an Expert –

Evaluating Sources Web Addresses –Parts of a Web Address –Internet Groups Website Evaluations –Five Ws Who, What, When, Where, Why Citation of Sources –Giving Credit where Credit is due Reference CTAP Level 1 Proficiency 1.4

Parts of a Web Address Proficiency 1.2 Web addressDomainPersonal pageFile name and Associates Business ~debbieBike.html i/dc/camps.html Northwestern University Education Pubweb ~abutz Camps.html

Internet Groups DomainTypeExample.comBusinesswww.meadowsnet.com.eduEducationwww.csub.edu.netNetworkswww.sbcglobal.net.govGovernmentwww.whitehouse.gov.milMilitarywww.defenselink.mil.orgNon-profitwww.redcross.org

The Five Ws Who wrote the page? What is the purpose of the page ? When was the site created and updated? Where does the information come from? Why do I need this information? Kathy Schrock from Planting the Seeds of Change

Who: Author Does the author have training in the topic? Do others consider the author to be an expert?

What: Objectivity Motivation for creating this site? Are there two sides to the story? Are the two sides presented fairly? Are the statements facts or opinions?

When: Currency (Updated) When was the website created? Has the website been recently updated?

Where: Accuracy (References) Can you find other sources that say the same thing? Does the author list books or other Websites as references? Does the Website have a bibliography?

Why: Helpful Questioning and refining of students search strategies Good Questions are the basis for finding information Debbie Abilock's Best Tool for the Job information/5locate/adviceengine.html

Citation of Sources APA for CSUB classes – _apa.htmlhttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r _apa.html – – MLA for children – –

Obtaining Information Use your CSUB student id to access the Walter W. Stierns online periodical index at Go to the local library to check resources Go to the COC library to check resources Internet searches and encyclopedias CD/DVD-Roms and CD-Rom encyclopedias

Lets Evaluate ed/dhmo.htmlhttp://descy.50megs.com/descy/webcred/webcr ed/dhmo.html

More Interesting Sites oon.htmhttp:// oon.htm

Sites for Teachers and 6 th -12 th

Additional Resources val.htmlhttp://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/e val.html

Bibliography et/support.htmhttp://kathyschrock.n et/support.htm er.com/infolit/index.h tmlhttp:// er.com/infolit/index.h tml er.com/articles/zack.h tmlhttp:// er.com/articles/zack.h tml