Information Literacy
- Recommended information literacy skills by year
- FRESHMEN
- Become familiar with the library layout and service points.
- Become familiar with the library webpage
- Use the HELIN library catalog to locate books and other materials
- Use the HELIN catalog request option to obtain books from other HELIN libraries
- Understand Library of Congress call number sequence
- Use a core, interdisciplinary periodical database to find journal articles
- Understand the difference between a popular magazine and a scholarly journal
- Use the Library's course reserves system
- Understand the basics of citing sources and strategies for avoiding plagiarism
- SOPHOMORE / JUNIOR
- Understand the concept of subject headings and controlled vocabulary
- Differentiate between a catalog, database, and free website, and understand reasons to use each
- Perform online searching at a basic to intermediate level (Boolean logic, keyword search strategies)
- Examine and compare information from various sources including the Internet in order to evaluate reliability, validity, accuracy, authority, timeliness, and point of view or bias
- Use interlibrary loan to request books and journal articles from another library.
- Understand the nature of information resources in their major discipline including subject specific databases, core journals and reference materials
- Realize that information may need to be constructed with raw data from primary sources
- Track information resources used in the course of their research and create accurate notes and bibliographies according to a style manual appropriate to the discipline
- Be able to present a verbal or written strategy for solving an information problem.
- SENIOR
- Conduct a literature review
- Exhibit proficiency at using the catalog, journals list, interlibrary loan and other resources to obtain books and articles listed in a bibliography.
- Know the major professional associations in one's field.
- Understand issues relating to the ethical and legal use of information, including concepts of intellectual property, copyright and fair use.
