Week 2 - information literacy Flashcards
What does information mean?
Knowledge communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance
An example for how information brings change?
James snow discovered in the 1854 cholera outbreak that source was water pump.
Now we have new info about diseases can spread (Through water)
What was the earliest known writing?
Limestone Kish tablet with pictographic writing
What is literacy (noun)?
Possession of education
A persons knowledge of a particular subject or field
What is information literacy?
A relationship individuals have with information, not merely reading or writing:
Develop new skills and knowledge
Correct personal misunderstanding and misconceptions
Challenges attempts by others to mislead or exploit
Debating alternate viewpoints in respectful and informed manner
Social responsibility And participatory citizenship
Lifelong learning
What’s the definition of information literacy?
The ability to locate, evaluate and use effectively needed information
What’s are the standards of information literacy?
Standard one: recognises the need for information and determines the nature and extent of info needed
Standard two: finds info effectively and efficiently
Standard three: critically evaluates info and the info seeking process
Standard four: manages information collected or generated
Standard five: applies prior and new info to construct new concepts or create new understanding
Standard six: uses info with understanding and acknowledges cultural, ethical, economic, legal and social issues surrounding the use of info
What’s a primary source?
Allow researchers to get as close as possible to original ideas, events and empirical research as possible. May include creative, first hand or contemporary accounts of events and the publication of the results of empirical observations or research. May include art, photographs, speeches or works of literature.
What’s a secondary source?
Analyse, review of summarise info in primary resources or other resources. Even if presenting facts or descriptions they’re secondary unless they’re based on direct participation or observation. May include biographies, dissertations, indexes, abstracts, journals, articles, or monographs.
What’s a tertiary source?
Provides overviews of topics by synthesising info gathered from other resources. Tertiary resources often provide data in a convenient form of provide info with context by which to interpret it. May include dictionaries, encyclopaedias or handbooks.
Some example of primary, then secondary, then tertiary sources:
ART: painting, critical review of painting, encyclopaedia article on the artist.
HISTORY: civil war diary, book on a civil war battle, list of battle sites
LITERATURE: novel or poem, essay about themes in the work, biography of the author.
Primary, secondary and tertiary sources in the sciences
Primary where results of original research are first published. May include interviews, journals, lab notebooks or theses.
Secondary tends to summarise primary sources. May include books, reviews, textbooks or treatises.
Tertiary sources present condensed material with reference to primary and tertiary sources. May include compilations, dictionaries, handbooks or tables.
Primary, secondary and tertiary in:
AGRICULTURE: conference paper on tobacco, review article on current state of research, encyclopaedia article on tobacco
CHEMISTRY: chemical patent, book on chemical reactions, brake of related reactions
PHYSICS: Einstein’s diary, biography on Einstein, dictionary of relativity.
