Mission Statement
We partner with faculty to empower students to effectively use information in school, at work and in their personal lives. These students will be successful life-long information seekers who identify, access, evaluate, and ethically use all types of information.
Librarians offer course-specific library instruction workshops which provide practical demonstrations and hands-on application of exciting research tools.
Librarians work with faculty members to include information literacy in the online environment. Online instruction may be presented in a variety of formats, including: tutorials, videos, and course guides.
To begin the online instruction process
Examples:
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| Know Information Needs | Find Information | Evaluate Information | Use Information | Honestly Use Information |
| Partner with library staff to help students understand the desired result of the assignment. |
Differentiate between online subscription resources and internet. Differences between peer reviewed, scholarly, and popular articles. |
Teach students to critically examine accuracy, relevance, bias and completeness of information they retrieve. | Teach students to incorporate appropriate and relevant information. | Assess the results of your students' efforts with attention to whether the amount of sources is adequate and specific. |
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Library Subject Guides Library Course Guides |
HCC Website Evaluation Checklist. |
Discuss the proper use of information, including the use of citations to assign proper credit as well as academic honesty and plagiarism. Understand fair use and copyright policies. |
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| Become familiar with access of electronic subscription databases. | Teaching students to integrate outside sources into their work will be a deterrent to plagiarism and other dishonest academic behaviors. | |||
ACRL Information Literacy Standards
Skills associated with information literacy: