| Information Literacy Subject
Guide LRC@TCC
The information literate student...
...determines the nature and extent of the information needed.
...accesses needed information effectively and efficiently.
...evaluates information and its sources critically and incorporates selected
information into his or her knowledge base and value system.
...individually or as a member of a group, uses information effectively to accomplish
a specific purpose.
... understands many of the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the
use of information and accesses and uses information ethically and legally
Keywords to search: information literacy, critical thinking
and information, computer
Subjects to search (Library of Congress): Computer literacy,
Information literacy
Books in our library catalog:
Gale Virtual Reference Library (r)
Digital Literacy (TK5105.875.I57 G5297 1997)
E-literate?<videorecording> (Z678.9.E22 2000)
Information Literacy Instruction: Theory and Practice (ZA3075.G73 2001)
Teaching Electronic Information Literacy: A How-To-Do-It Manual
(Z699.T34 1995)
Working with Faculty to Design Undergraduate Information Literacy Programs :
A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians (Z711.2.Y68 1999)
Library Resources (r):
ERIC:
Educational Resources Information Center (EBSCO)
Information Literacy Instruction including FLASH
Tutorials:
Connect
for Success is the Virginia Community College System tutorial
designed to introduce students to the services and collections
in their college library and to teach students basic information-seeking
skills.
Library
Research (TCC) overview of the skills necessary
to conduct general library research.
Literature
Research (TCC) overview of the skills necessary
to conduct research for literary topics.
Internet Resources:
American
Library Association: Information Literacy
Association
of College & Research Libraries: Information Literacy
Information
Literacy Fact Sheet from the National Institute for Literacy.
Understanding
Information Literacy Humes, Barbara. Office of Educational
Research, National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries
and Lifelong Learning: 1999.
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