Standards

Standards for information literacy, Identify, Locate, and Use act as guidelines to improve learning and to process the vast amount of information learners engage in the world.  Faculty can use these as a structure to assist students in areas of need.  The standards used on this website were modified/combined from the five standards put forth by the ACRL, the Association of College and Research Libraries. The content under each standard represents modules for the delivery of information and/or instruction. 

Identify

Locate
 

Use

Identify need for information

Locate, retrieve and evaluate information

Use information ethically and efficiently to pursue a task

 
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• Topic as a Question

• Key concepts

• Narrow or broaden your topic

• Type of assignment and how much information you need

• Currency or point of view issues

• Primary/Secondary or scholarly /professional sources

• Information format

• Resource Strategies

• Sources of Information

• Search engines

• Evaluation of Information

• Sources Worksheet

• Guidelines for the Use of Information

• Ethical and Legal Use of Information

• Copyright Resources

• Guidelines for Citing Resources

• Plagiarism