ENGAGING

  DEFINING

  INITIATING

  LOCATING

  EXAMINING, SELECTING, COMPREHENDING, ASSESSING

  RECORDING, SORTING, ORGANIZING, INTERPRETING

  COMMUNICATING, SYNTHESIZING

  EVALUATING

See also: Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need
Choosing Invisible Web Databases

Information Literacy

Steps in the inquiry process of problem-solving for an information need.

The process of...    LOCATING

Student Skills and Strategies

The student demonstrates these skills and strategies.

Understands needs and search options, and uses flexible search techniques:

• electronic (subject tree, hyperlinks, keywords, boolean logic, nesting, truncation, phrase and proximity)
• uses help screens and advanced interface to design search
• people (networking and referrals, yellow pages)
• print (index, table of contents, cross references)

Preassesses the value of sources found:

• narrows or enlarges questions and search terms 
• troubleshoots unproductive searches

Student Outcomes

Longitudinal competencies that can be observed in the learner.

• can access different resources effectively
• judges quantity based on need
• behaves flexibly

Curriculum and Teaching Design

The curriculum and teaching supports the process, skills and strategies to build long-term competencies.

• wide variety of print and electronic materials and resources in the library 
• access to local community
• extended online access
• reference help online and in person
• visible skill reminders