|Office: FLITE 140H| A student who is information literate knows
how to use resources from both the Library and the World Wide
Web to locate and evaluate needed information. He or she
understands the strengths, weaknesses, similarities and
differences of each of these information providers and
understands how they complement each other. An information
literate student is able to use information resources
effectively at each stage of a project, from defining a topic to
critically evaluating the information found. Basic information
literacy skills include the following: - Locating and using
necessary library services and resources - Selecting information
sources appropriate for a particular need - Using standard
research techniques to search electronic databases - Using the
library catalog to find items owned by the library - Using a
general library database, such as General OneFile, to identify
articles - Locating copies of articles - Finding resources on
the World Wide Web - Beginning to critically evaluate r