Understanding the Importance of Information (Information Literacy Skills) - Hardcover
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Research can often seem overwhelming. Where should you start? What sources are trustworthy? How do you know if you have enough information? What is plagiarism, and how can you avoid it? 'Information Literacy Skills' helps students get comfortable with the research process, providing helpful hints for organizing, taking notes, and presenting information. Special emphasis is placed on helping students consider, evaluate, and properly use the Internet and other electronic sources. In 'Understanding the Importance of Information' you will learn about laws our country has to protect your right to information, your responsibilities in presenting information, important examples of information rights, and limits others have placed on their right to information.
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Understanding the Importance of Information
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Understanding and making the best use of the huge amount of information available is one of the key challenges facing today's learners. "Information Literacy" looks at literacy skills needed for the 21st century, offering tips and strategies for dealing with the immense volume of information. The areas covered include: identifying and understanding the need for information, successful strategies for locating information, assessing accuracy, relevance, and comprehensiveness of information, distinguishing among fact, point of view, and opinion, organising information for practical use, and, respecting the right to free expression and the ideas of others.
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- PublisherRaintree
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0431908192
- ISBN 13 9780431908199
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages48
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