Full Description
This book focuses on information literacy for the younger generation of learners and library readers. It is divided into four sections: 1. Information Literacy for Life; 2. Searching Strategies, Disciplines and Special Topics; 3. Information Literacy Tools for Evaluating and Utilizing Resources; 4. Assessment of Learning Outcomes. Written by librarians with wide experience in research and services, and a strong academic background in disciplines such as the humanities, social sciences, information technology, and library science, this valuable reference resource combines both theory and practice. In today's ever-changing era of information, it offers students of library and information studies insights into information literacy as well as learning tips they can use for life.
Contents
Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Chapter 1 Information Literacy for Life.- Chapter 2 Searches Strategies, Disciplines and Special Topics.- Chapter 3 Resource Discovery Tools and Multi-disciplinary Databases.- Chapter 4 Information Literacy General Resources, Tools and How to Access Them.- Chapter 5 Information Literacy Resources in Science.- Chapter 6 Information literacy resources in the social sciences .- Chapter 7 Search Engines.- Chapter 8 Developing Information Literacy Skills with Various Tools.- Chapter 9 Assessment of Learning Outcomes for Information Literacy.- Appendix A Online Tutorials for Information Literacy Tools.- Appendix B Standards and Documents for Assessing Information Literacy.- Appendix C Selected Instruments for Assessment of Information Literacy.- Index.
