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.
Please consider these best practices to create a valuable session for your students:
1. Library instruction should occur at the point of need in a course.
2. Students should come prepared with research topics.
3. Please connect the information literacy learning objectives (located on the right) and student needs with your liaison librarian prior to instruction.
Your librarian is excited to work with you to deliver critical information literacy instruction to your students.
Contact your liaison librarian directly to arrange information literacy and library research instruction for your class.
Identify library spaces and their purposes
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Navigate and find basic content on the library website
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Contact a librarian for research assistance
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Identify liaison librarian
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Locate a print book using Library of Congress (LoC) call number system
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Differentiate among information types
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Identify information type needed based on topic, discipline and personal knowledge
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Identify similarities and differences between Primo and other databases
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Deliberately choose databases based on information need
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Describe importance of diverse voices and sources for research
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Synthesize diverse voices and sources to form unique arguments
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Generalize and apply information from sources to support unique arguments
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Create search strategies including identifying appropriate search terms
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Combine search terms with Boolean logic to narrow or expand search results
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Revise search strategies based on terms found in the database or relevant sources
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Filter search to appropriately focus search results list
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Locate and access sources in library collection
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Request sources not in library collection through interlibrary loan
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Determine if a source is credible
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Determine if a source is scholarly
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Determine if a source is appropriate for topic, genre, discipline
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Identify and avoid predatory publishers
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Identify misinformation, disinformation and bias
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Assess data manipulation in research methodology
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Determine source type
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Identify citation elements to use with appropriate citation style
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Create correct citation in appropriate style
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Decide whether to implement and use citation management software
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Identify shortcomings with citation management software
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Create appropriate file structures in secure cloud storage locations for file storage and efficient retrieval
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Describe scholarly research as an ongoing conversation over time using credible and scholarly sources
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Acknowledge and cite sources correctly to avoid intentional and unintentional plagiarism
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Respect copyright and intellectual property
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Ethically create, use and share information based on disciplinary standards and guidelines
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