Research Guides: Leading Students to Quality Sources in the Information Age: For the Session

CETL/Rod Library Series

The Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETL) and Rod Library are co-sponsoring a series of faculty development sessions during 2017-18. Sessions are listed below.

Leading Students to Quality Sources in the Information Age
Sept. 25, 2017, 3:00-4:15pm in Rod Library 282
Teaching and Learning with the Library
Oct. 23, 2017, 3:00-4:15pm in Rod Library 287
Spring 2018 sessions TBD
Full CETL schedule
Rod Library events calendar

Information Literacy

From the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education

Information literacy is the set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued, and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating ethically in communities of learning.

From Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education

Determine the extent of information needed
Access the needed information effectively and efficiently
Evaluate information and its sources critically
Incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge base
Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose
Understand the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and access and use information ethically and legally

The language of information

Articles

can be: scholarly, peer-reviewed, refereed, academic, news/popular...
are published in: news sources, magazines, periodicals, trade publications, journals, agency web sites...
are usually found via: library databases, Google Scholar, basic Google

Links for Sept. 25 CETL presentation

Bibliography

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Head, A. J. & Eisenberg, M. B. (2010). Truth be told: How college students evaluate and use information in the Digital Age. Project Information Literacy Progress Report.
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