Information Literacy Skill Basic Proficient Exemplary Standard
1: The student who is information literate accesses information
efficiently and effectively. Selecting keywords/topics from an
assignment Able to identify at least one successful keyword to
use in broad topic searching Able to identify keywords and
topics without teacher assistance Able to use synonyms and
alternative forms of the keyword/topic in searching Uses results
of search to determine if more information is needed Able to
broaden or narrow search based on inital results Refines search
topic based on information collected Understands research
process Follows basic research steps with teacher direction
Understands the steps in a research model Moves back and forth
within the research model as needed, understanding that the
research process is not linear Understands the difference
between subject and keyword searches Uses subject and keyword
searches as needed to obtain resources Able to use expanded
search function in the OPAC to combine sea