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The
Information Literate Student
Information-smart
students are able to recognize the kind of information
they need to solve a problem and are able to locate,
evaluate and use that information to their benefit.
These are the skills they employ:
1) Task Definition
- They
define the problem
- They
identify the right kinds of sources to solve
the problem
The
information-smart student quickly decides what needs
to be done and knows where to look for just the
right information -- in books, newspapers, reference
books, on the web, in magazines, etc.
2) Information Seeking
Strategies
- They
use the right TOOLS to locate sources of information
- They
identify the most important sources by the judicious
use of tool features
The
information-smart student knowsabout library catalogs,
electronic databases, reference books, web directories,
search engines and datafiles, and knows how to use
them. 3)
Finding and Accessing Sources
- They
know how and where to locate their sources
- They
know how sources are organized
The
information-smart student knows how libraries and
other information repositories are organized and
the services provided, and knows how books, journal
articles and other materials are put together.
4) Information Use
- They
read (or view or hear) a source with skill
- They
extract the most pertinent information from
a source
The
information-smart student is a focused reader (viewer
or listener) and knows how to scan for the important
information in a source. 5)
Synthesis
- They
organize and integrate information logically
from multiple sources
- They
present information in the appropriate format
for their audience
The
information-smart student thinks about how ideas
in sources relate to each other and how those ideas
can best be presented to a specific reader (or listener).
6) Evaluation
- They
judge the quality and effectiveness of their
product
- They
judge the efficiency of their problem-solving
process
The
information-smart student learns from experience.
- This
page adapted from Information Problem Solving:
The Big Six Skills, by M.B. Eisenberg and
R.E. Berkowitz
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