Welcome to your SPCC Library Information Literacy 101 Research Guide. Here you will find information on:
What information literacy means,
How to access library resources,
APA and MLA citation styles,
how to use a database for research, and
how to develop research questions
This is the Information Literacy 102 Libguide for English 112. If you haven’t already checked it out, please read through the Information Literacy 101 Libguide for English 111. This Libguide will build on what you learned in the first one.
Information literacy is the process of learning what information is, how it’s created, how to choose the right information to answer questions, and how to use information ethically. For English 112 students, information literacy means thinking about how information gets created, being skeptical of authority, finding diverse sources, coming up with excellent research questions, and understanding the concept of intellectual property.
The Association of College & Research Libraries has created a “framework” for instructors and students to talk about information literacy. It’s based on six core concepts that sound very theoretical, but have very practical applications. The six core concepts are
• Information Creation as a Process (understanding the different types of information)
• Authority Is Constructed and Contextual (understanding what makes information credible)
• Searching as Strategic Exploration (effectively using databases to do research)
• Research as Inquiry (formulating good research questions)
• Scholarship as Conversation (understanding scholarly conversation)
• Information Has Value (understanding why we use citation and how to properly cite sources)
The six buttons on the left will walk you through some information about each of these six topics.
Click the link below to read all about the ACRL Framework on the ALA website.
After you've read this Libguide (and the Information Literacy 101 Libguide), please take this short, 10 question quiz.