Information Literacy

Knowledge of how to locate, access, evaluate, and use information in today's society.

Resources in this category:

ACRL Information Literacy
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/issues/infolit/index....

Explains what information literacy is and gives resources such as standards and guidelines to help educators comply with the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. Resources include a step-by-step implementation toolkit, links to related resources, news and events listings.

The Big 6
http://www.big6.com/

The Big6 is an information literacy model, developed by Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz. "The Big6 integrates information search and use skills along with technology tools in a systematic process to find, use, apply, and evaluate information to specific needs and tasks." Site provides lessons for use in classrooms or media centers, links to sites with Big6 ideas and materials, and resources such as national and state standards and presentations on Big6 and the importance of information literacy in schools.

Center for Media Literacy
http://www.medialit.org/

"Dedicated to promoting and supporting media literacy education as a framework for accessing, analyzing, evaluating and creating media content, CML works to help citizens, especially the young, develop critical thinking and media production skills needed to live fully in the 21st century media culture." Site includes resource catalog, news, publications and guidelines for best practices for creating media content.

Evaluating Internet Information
http://www.lib.vt.edu/instruct/evaluate/evaluating.html

This website offers advice when looking for quality information on the web. It includes exercises to train us to use critical thinking skills to evaluate Internet resources.

Library Instruction Tutorials
http://www3.baylor.edu/LIRT/lirtproj.html

Site gives general tutorials for librarians and educators including information about "how to do research", "search the Internet", "subject-specific guides", "how to design a tutorial".

LibrarySmart
http://www.secstate.wa.gov/library/libraries/projects/librar...

Site includes an online guide that offers instruction for kids, students, teachers and families on how to find reliable information.

Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/11605_12337.cf...

Checklist of questions by a librarian at UCLA Library, designed to help users determine the reliability and authority of online resources. Questions examine web page content, authorship, currency, accuracy, usability, and more.