Information Literacy vs. Library Instruction

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Information Literacy vs. Library Instruction
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Comparison

• Library Instruction
• Mechanics/Tools
• Passive
• Librarian-centered
• Presentation
• Course-related

• Information Literacy
• Concepts/Process
• Active
• Student-centered
• Outcomes
• Curriculum-integrated
• Resource-based learning
• Self-directed learning
• Critical thinking

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Some questions

• What do you want your majors to be able to do
  when they graduate?
• What are your objectives for the course?
• Which information literacy skills are important
  for your students to know?
• How can we plan an information literacy
  assignment that
• relates to course objective and
• is a constructive learning experience for the
  student?

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Examples

• I want my students to be able to
• Conduct a literature review to see if any
  research reports have been published on their
  topic.
• Track legislation at the federal level
• Produce an informational brochure that is based
  on sound science
• Debate an issue using scholarly sources
• Determine if a web site is reliable

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Literature Review - Research Reports

• How do I choose and narrow my topic?
• What is a research report?
• Scholarly vs. popular
• Research report vs. other types of articles
• Peer review
• Where do you find research reports?
• PsycINFO
• Search strategies (Boolean, truncation, nesting,
  using synonyms, subject searching (Thesaurus),
  use of abstracts, limit, empirical)
• Locating articles in the library or through
  Interlibrary Loan
• Using the references of a known article
• Citation indexes
• How do I cite research reports?
• APA Style