Definition of Information Literacy from the Grant Proposal for the Ohio Five Mellon Grant
	Oberlin Students to Benefit from Mellon Grant that Promotes Information Literacy     More on Information Literacy ACRL Institute for Information Literacy Directory of Online Resources for Information Literacy National Forum on Information Literacy		Information Literacy encompasses both print and electronic forms of information and consists of the ability to understand in a basic sense how resource information is produced, disseminated, and organized, including differences among primary, secondary, and tertiary literature, and the distinction between popular and peer-reviewed literature; understand basic tools for accessing information, including catalogs, indexes, and bibliographies, in both print and electronic format, and particularly the structure of electronic databases; learn basic search strategies for accessing information, including how to determine the nature of information needed and how to formulate and refine questions throughout the search; learn to evaluate the quality and appropriateness of information, including the ability to question the place, context, and time in which information was produced; the reliability and potential biases of the original source of the information, and whether the information has been reviewed by trustworthy referees; and understand how to make effective and appropriate use of information, in light of issues of intellectual property and copyright in the electronic age; the need to synthesize and reconcile differences in information obtained from varying and sometimes conflicting sources; and protocols for properly citing sources and avoiding plagiarism.
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