Information Literacy is a transformational process in which the learner needs to find, understand, evaluate, and use information in various forms to create for personal, social or global purposes.
Click controls for Intro.We couldn't decide which introduction was best, so we added both. You decide. Information Literacy shares a fundamental set of core thinking- and problem-solving meta-skills with other disciplines. Authentic cross-disciplinary problems which include observation and inference, analysis of symbols and models, comparison of perspectives, and assessment of the rhetorical context, engage students in developing mastery information literacy over time.
SURFING
This is the least efficient method of searching for information. This is equivalent to looking for information in a library without using the card catalog.
The surfing technique can be used effectively only when you've found a group of pages that are related to the topic you are researching.
Once you have found a group of pages, or a contents page related to your topic, you may wish to follow each of the links to each of the pages in search of valuable information.
NEWSGROUPS (Usenet)
News groups are organized in a hierarchical structure and can be a valuable source of information. Despite their name, newsgroups are collections of discussions related to certain topics. Some examples of newsgroups
are:
rec.arts.books.market
rec.bicycles.off-road
comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
To find the names of relevant newsgroups, you can visit: http://www.tile.net/
Many of these newsgroups are searchable from the web with DejaNews and AltaVista. To search the newsgroups, visit: http://groups.google.com/ http://www.altavista.com/
Click controls for Intro. We couldn't decide which introduction was best, so we added both. You decide.
Information Literacy shares a fundamental set of core thinking- and problem-solving meta-skills with other disciplines. Authentic cross-disciplinary problems which include observation and inference, analysis of symbols and models, comparison of perspectives, and assessment of the rhetorical context, engage students in developing mastery information literacy over time.
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Search Engines are usually the quickest way to locate information on the Internet. These engines are free to use, because they are supported by advertisers who post banners on the search result pages.
Some search engines you can use for free:
http://www.google.com/
http://www.yahoo.com/
http://www.hotbot.com/
http://www.excite.com//
http://www.webcrawler.com/
http://www.lycos.com/
http://www.galaxy.com
There are many services on the Internet which cater to specific needs. If you are looking for a missing person, or even an arcane fact, you may wish to utilize one of these services. The prices for these services vary widely.
The easiest way to find these services is to use a search engine and search for the type of information you are looking for. Some examples of these types
of services are:
http://www.genealogy-research.com/
http://www.research-assistance.com/
http://www.gallowayresearch.com/
http://www.purchasingresearchservice.com/
This is the least efficient method of searching for information. This is equivalent to looking for information in a library without using the card catalog.
The surfing technique can be used effectively only when you've found a group of pages that are related to the topic you are researching.
Once you have found a group of pages, or a contents page related to your topic, you may wish to follow each of the links to each of the pages in search of valuable information.
News groups are organized in a hierarchical structure and can be a valuable source of information. Despite their name, newsgroups are collections of discussions related to certain topics. Some examples of newsgroups
are:
rec.arts.books.market
rec.bicycles.off-road
comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
To find the names of relevant newsgroups, you can visit:
http://www.tile.net/
Many of these newsgroups are searchable from the web with DejaNews and AltaVista. To search the newsgroups, visit:
http://groups.google.com/
http://www.altavista.com/
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