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Information Literacy - Resources

Author(s): Carnegie Mellon University Libraries

Release date: 2007-05-14

Format: Web

Description: The University Libraries share responsibility with teaching faculty throughout the university to define the curriculum that teaches each student to define an information need; to find, evaluate, interpret and document a variety of information sources; and to understand principles of intellectual property and academic integrity. Learning will take place in stages, beginning with general and interdisciplinary knowledge and progressing on to mastery of the information environment specific to the student's area of concentration.

Subjects: Information Literacy Skills

Objective: Learning Objectives : -Is familiar with a range of information sources appropriate to the discipline (e.g. electronic and print periodicals, books, government documents, archival material, technical reports). -Has a knowledge of appropriate information-seeking behavior. -Conducts electronic database searches effectively. -Knows how to evaluate information sources, including the Internet. -Has learned how to cite material appropriately and develop a bibliography. -Understands plagiarism, the ethical use of information, and intellectual property.

Language(s): en

Time length to use it: 50 min.

Open to international use: Yes

Geographical scope: Institutional

Audience: Students

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E-mail: dhood@andrew.cmu.edu