Understand what information literacy is and why it is important in school, the workplace, and society; Know resources available to build information literacy skills; Identify how information is needed and used in everyday life.
1. Tutorial: Why Information Literacy Matters
2. Video: Life in the Information Age
3. Video: The Research Process
4. Tutorial: Developing a Research Focus
5. Tutorial: Choosing a Topic
6. Video: How to Narrow Your Topic
7. Tutorial: Background Research Tips
8. Video: Beginning Research with Wikipidia/Google
9. Video: Thesis Statements
10. Tutorial: Scholarship as Conversation
11. Quiz: The Research Process
1. Video: Thesis Statements
2. Quiz: Thesis Statements
AU Instructors: use this guide to learn more about how to incorporate information literacy into your course design.