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Secondary Library: What is Information Literacy?

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Where can I get help with these  Research Skills?

 

Research Skills.
Information Literacy

Finding, interpreting, judging and creating information

• Collect, record and verify data

• Access information to be informed and inform others

• Make connections between various sources of information

• Understand the benefits and limitations of personal sensory learning preferences when accessing, processing and recalling information

• Use memory techniques to develop long-term memory

• Present information in a variety of formats and platforms

• Collect and analyse data to identify solutions and make informed decisions

• Process data and report results

• Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on their appropriateness to specific tasks

• Understand and use technology systems

• Use critical-literacy skills to analyse and interpret media communications

• Understand and implement intellectual property rights

• Create references and citations, use footnotes / endnotes and construct a bibliography according to recognized conventions

• Identify primary and secondary sources

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