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Information Literacy Research Skill Building: Academic Information Basics

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Overview:: This libguide page contains a collection of links, tutorials, diagrams and text to expose students to basic information literacy components. Both undergraduates and graduates would benefit viewing the materials. It can be used across all disciplines. The content on this site could be easily paired with class assignments or linked in your course content within your university’s LMS.
Type of Material:: Collection
Recommended Uses:: This material can be used for homework, individual and self-paced use.
Technical Requirements:: Must have an Adobe Flash plug-in.
Identify Major Learning Goals:: • Learn about and be able to distinguish different types of information • Understand the research process • Learn about the core types of materials and research methodologies used in each of the academic disciplines • Learn how to access and evaluation information
Target Student Population:: Lower division university through upper level.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:: None.

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Strengths:: • The content on this site is very flexible due to the variety of content and types of materials • All of the frameworks for information literacy are covered with the materials on this site • The information presented in the components are written in a way in which undergraduate students will be able to grasp.
Concerns:: The material provided is written for this university. Users will need to be able to adapt this to their university. There is a lot of written information with no interaction from the user.

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Strengths:: • Can easily pair components on site to reinforce and build on concepts • Overall students could learn a lot with each of the components on the site in a short amount of time
Concerns:: There is a great deal of information provided that assumes users are already aware of terminology and the process being discussed. It would not be something a professor could assign students without discussing it in class.

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Strengths:: • Overall the materials on this site are easy to use and understand • The mixture of types of materials is great for engaging people with different learning styles
Concerns:: The user does not interact with the material. It is a process of clicking, reading, and going to the next section. There are no tests or quizzes to reinforce the knowledge gained.

Other Issues and Comments:: Since this guide is mainly a click and read tutorial there may be difficulties with students having disabilities. It does not provide closed captions, there is a lot of text to read, and using the mouse may cause problems. Some of the links to other universities do not work and need to be checked.
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