A Brief Introduction to Information Literacy at The Lloyd Sealy Library.

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A Brief Introduction to Information Literacy at The Lloyd Sealy Library

What am I doing here in the middle of the summer anyway? What is Information Literacy? Why is it necessary? What is the difference between Information, Fact, and Opinion? What does it mean to you as a student?

Did You Know… One newspaper contains more information and pictures than a person in the 17 th century would ever see in an entire lifetime.

Google and Wikipedia Lifesaver or another year in Purgatory? Google is useful for general searches but is largely unreliable for college-level research Google searches tend to produce too many unreliable results Wikipedia is not a source that most professors will accept for research papers

Did You Know… Wikipedia is a quick and easy to use BUT because it is written collaboratively by volunteers rather than scholars, it is not always accurate and can be very unreliable, particularly on controversial subjects.

Popular versus Scholarly Or Why Bill Gates rules the World! Popular material is created by journalists who work for newspapers and/or magazines that they write for. Scholarly material is written by researchers who are experts in their subject and tend to be employed by institutions of education and/or research. Is one better than the other?

How to judge a Book by its cover… Yes a Book! How can you trust a source of information? What is the role of the library in this process? When selecting books, journals, magazines, newspapers and websites, how important is the Library in all this?

Did You Know… Literacy used to mean that a person just had the ability to read and write. Now being Information Literate means that a person must also know how to FIND, EVALUATE, and UNDERSTAND the effectiveness of the entire process.

CUNY+… Gesundheit! What is CUNY+? How can you use it? What is a Call Number? I can do what with it?! What are the most useful ways to use CUNY+?

Databases – You’re not in Kansas anymore Dorothy! What exactly is a database? What does it mean for me as a student? What’s in it for me? How do I use it? And which one is the best one for me? My teachers want how many articles?!

There are a large number of databases available from the Lloyd Sealy Library. Among the most popular are Academic Search Premier (EBSCHOhost), Gale Virtual Reference Library and Lexis-Nexis Academic.

Facts are stubborn things… Key Information Literacy Points to Remember 1.What are you looking for? 2.Where would be the best place to look for it? 3.Is what you’ve found useful? Can you use it? 4.How did I complete my assignment?!

Student Activity Search through CUNY+ for a book on a topic that interests you. Fill out necessary information on Book Search Worksheet. Make sure to write down necessary information including Title, Location, and Call Number. After the tour, find the book you looked up on the shelves and then return with it to the classroom.