ACRL Information Literacy Standard 2
Information Literacy-Standard 2
Accessing needed information effectively and efficiently.
Contact: Prof. Monty L. McAdoo, User Education Librarian (Room 231), 814-732-1070
According to the performance indicators for the first ACRL standard for information literacy, an information literate individual:
1) Selects the most appropriate investigative methods or information retrieval systems for accessing the needed information.
2) Constructs and implements effectively-designed search strategies.
3) Retrieves information online or in person using a variety of methods.
4) Refines the search strategy if necessary.
5) Extracts, records, and manages the information and its sources.
For more information on this standard and on information literacy, please visit ACRL Standards for Higher Education Web site.
| What do those numbers on the spine of a book mean? This link provides access to an outline of the Library of Congress classification scheme that we use to classify and arrange our books. | |
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