1. Information Literacy at Midway College Faculty Workshop

2. 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.)

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

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

7. 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

8. 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

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

10. Information Literacy Books Library Catalog (Voyager) WorldCat NetLibrary

11. Information Literacy Articles EBSCOhost FirstSearch KYVL

12. Information Literacy Web Resources Library Links Subject pages

13. Information Literacy The End