Information Literacy Fundamentals

📋 Course Outline

1. Information Literacy Foundations
2. Information Literacy Process
3. Types of Information Sources
4. Evaluating and Interpreting Information
5. Ethical Use of Information

📖 1. Information Literacy Foundations

🔑 Key Concepts & Definitions

• Information Literacy : the ability to recognize when information is needed and to locate, evaluate, effectively use, and communicate information in its various forms

📝 Essential Points

• An information-literate person:
  • recognizes information needs
  • finds information efficiently
  • evaluates information critically
  • uses information ethically
  • communicates information responsibly

💡 Memory Hook

Recognize, Find, Evaluate, Use, Communicate (RFEUC)

📖 2. Information Literacy Process

📝 Essential Points

• The elements of information literacy are:

  • information needs
  • sources of information
  • access to the information
  • evaluation of information
  • organization of information
  • communication of information

• 🔄 Gathering and using information involves:

  1. identifying what information is needed
  2. deciding where to get it
  3. determining how to access it
  4. checking its quality
  5. organizing and storing it
  6. creating and communicating it

💡 Memory Hook