M2S1: Information Literacy Flashcards
Data that has been collected, processed, and interpreted in order to be presented in a useable form
Information
The ability to recognize when information is needed and to locate, evaluate, effectively use and communicate information in its various formats
Information Literacy
Stages/Elements of Information Literacy
Identifying/recognizing information needs
Determining sources of information
Locating or searching for information
Analyzing and evaluating the quality of information
Organizing, storing or archiving information
Using information in an ethical, efficient and effective way
Creating and communicating new knowledge
Components of Information Literacy
Identify
Find
Evaluate
Apply
Acknowledge
Facts that can be found in numerous places and are likely to be widely known may no longer require citation
Common Knowledge
You must document facts that are not generally known, or ideas that interpret facts.
Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player ever to have played the game.” This idea is not a fact but an interpretation or an opinion
Interpretation
Using someone’s words directly. When you use a direct quote, place the passage between quotation marks, and document the source according to a standard documenting style.
Quotation
Using someone’s ideas but rephrasing them in your own words. Although you will use your own words to paraphrase, you must still acknowledge and cite the source of the information.
Paraphrase
the act of using other people’s words and ideas without clearly acknowledging the source of the information, has legal implications
Plagiarism
aims to develop and/or strengthen critical thinking
Information Literacy
often used to describe knowledge of specific events or situations that has been gathered or received by communication, intelligence, or news reports
Informatoin
A broad term that can cover processed data, knowledge derived from study, experience, instruction, signals or symbols
Information
