Information Literacy at Messiah University: Home

Information literacy is an essential part of a liberal and applied education. The Information Literacy Program at Messiah College is designed to be consistent with and supportive of the College-Wide Educational Objectives, Curricular Principles for General Education, and related College documents.

Habits of Information Literacy

Ethically locate, evaluate and manage credible, effective, and diverse information sources used in academic and professional endeavors

Outcome Statement

By graduation, a Messiah University student will be able to ethically locate, evaluate and manage credible, effective, and diverse information sources.

Learning Objectives

• Orientation  (Efficiently navigate through spaces and request assistance)
• Determine the information need
• Find information
• Evaluate information
• Cite and manage information
• Ethically use information

See the Instruction Menu Tab for Skills Needed to Successfully Achieve Each Learning Objective