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Information Literacy Tutorial

Module One: The World of Information

• The Information Age
• Information Sources
• Information Sources, part 2
• Information Quality
• Information Currency

Module Two: Getting Ready for Research

• Defining Your Topic
• Background Information
• Brainstorming
• Narrowing a Topic
• Identifying Resources

Module Three: Gathering Information

• What's a Periodical
• Finding Periodicals
• Reading a Citation
• Selecting a Database
• Search Strategies

Module Four: Evaluate and Select Information

• The Big Picture
• Evaluation Criteria for Sources
• Evaluation Criteria for Websites
• Incorporating Sources

Module Five: Avoiding Plagiarism

• What is Plagiarism?
• Avoiding Plagiarism
• Building a Bibliography
• Getting Citation Help

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