5: Information Literacy Flashcards
Raw information
Data
The knowledge and effective use of data
Information
Skill that allows the ability to evaluate and use information effectively
Information Literacy
6 Typologies of Information
Factual vs. Analytical Subjective vs. Objective Current vs. Historical Scholarly vs. Popular Primary vs. Secondary vs. Tertiary Stable vs. Unstable
Information based on evidence and reliable sources
Factual
Interpretation of facts usually by an expert on the subject
Analytical
Unbiased information
Objective
Discussion of opinions still anchored in facts
Subjective
Up-to-dat recent information
Current
Old but still reliable forms of insights and information that are still useable today
Historical
Academic resources
Scholarly
Information base on general interest
Popular
Original source of information
Primary
Information written or relayed by someone other than the original author
Secondary
Topic review
Tertiary