Why is Information Literacy Important?
Information Literacy (IL) refers to the ability to recognize a need for information and to find, analyze, and use related material from books, articles, websites and more.
How Can IL Benefit You
A 2017 survey of 42,000 students in more than 1,700 courses at 12 major research universities showed that:
- Students whose courses included IL instruction were more likely to stay in school.
- Students whose courses included IL instruction reported higher average first-year GPAs than those whose courses did not.
- Students who took IL instruction successfully completed 1.8 more credit hours per year than students who did not—meaning that they could finish school faster.
Your Library Can Help!
The librarians at your school are information literacy experts and can help with the various steps involved in doing research.
Your library has also subscribed to a database of tutorials and videos that are all about information literacy. You can view them at the "Information Literacy Videos and Tutorials" tab.
These can help you with tasks such as:
- Choosing a research topic
- Writing a thesis statement
- Searching library databases for articles and ebooks
- Writing and presentation skills
- Writing citations
- Using artificial intelligence (AI) effectively
Note to Librarians
***NOTE TO LIBRARIANS (DELETE AFTER CUSTOMIZING)***
The remaining tabs in this LibGuide list each video, tutoiral, and quiz that is available through Credo InfoLit - Core. The listings don't include links to the mateirla because the links are custom to each institution.
You will need to add proxied embed codes from the Link Constructor to allow students to view the Credo materials.
For instructions on obtaining links to the multimedia, please visit our Help Site: Link Constructor article or contact Infobase's higher education customer success team at customersuccesshe@infobase.com.