{"id":604,"date":"2020-07-07T16:34:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T16:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wcsu.edu\/roccac\/?page_id=604"},"modified":"2020-07-22T17:34:05","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T17:34:05","slug":"information-literacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/firstyear\/navigating-you-first-year\/information-literacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Information Literacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #002856\">Objectives<\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This module introduces you to some of the resources available to you on campus and basic ideas about information literacy.\u00a0 In particular, after completing this module on Information Literacy you will be better prepared to:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Understand the concept of Information Literacy and apply basic IL skills,<\/li>\r\n<li>Understand the scope of information provided by the WCSU libraries, and<\/li>\r\n<li>Know how to find help for research projects and information needs\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #002856\">Timing &amp; Prerequisites<\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This module should take about 20 to 30 minutes to complete. You should complete this prior to starting any research projects for your classes or around mid-semester. There are no particular prerequisites for this module.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #002856\">Learning Materials<\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Take a look at the following videos and articles about information literacy. Once you have completed this try the exercises below in order to check your understanding.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/r7IESxDtn8Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elders of the Internet<\/a> (Video)<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hapgood.us\/2019\/06\/19\/sift-the-four-moves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SIFT (The Four Moves)<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/researchguides.uoregon.edu\/c.php?g=612324&amp;p=7297194#s-lg-guide-main\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SIFT Method<\/a> (Reading and Infographic)<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wcsu.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/search-proquest-com.wcsu.idm.oclc.org\/docview\/2277104976?accountid=40083\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">6 Google Tricks that will Turn You Into an Internet Detective<\/a>\u00a0 by W. Gordon (Article)<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"\/firstyear\/navigating-you-first-year\/information-literacy\/wcsu-haas-young-libraries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">About the Haas &amp; Young Libraries<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #002856\">Check Your Understanding:<\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Now that you have learned a little about information literacy see if you can:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Tell facts from opinion with this quiz from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/quiz\/news-statements-quiz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pew Research Center<\/a>,<\/li>\r\n<li>Use what you learned from W. Gordon&#8217;s article to find reliable information about a topic you are interested in,<\/li>\r\n<li>Use the SIFT Method to evaluate the quality of the information you found, and\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.wcsu.edu\/wcsu_libraries\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WCSU Library Chat Widget (LibChat)<\/a> to ask a librarian how you can find even more information.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Objectives This module introduces you to some of the resources available to you on campus and basic ideas about information literacy.\u00a0 In particular, after completing this module on Information Literacy you will be better prepared to: Understand the concept of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":598,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-604","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/firstyear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/firstyear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/firstyear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/firstyear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/firstyear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/firstyear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/604\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/firstyear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/firstyear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}