Introduction to Library Research

The library is here to provide you with the resources and services that you need to further develop your information literacy skills.

To be information literate, a person must be able to, "recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information." 

Source: ALA Presidential Committee on Information Literacy

Information has value. One aspect of information literacy is understanding and acknowledging the value of information. 

Three practices for valuing information:

• Giving credit to the original ideas of others through proper attribution and citation

• Understanding that intellectual property is a legal and social construct that varies by culture

• Articulating the purpose and distinguishing characteristics of copyright, fair use, open access, and the public domain

Source: Association of College and Research Libraries ACRL, 2015, para. 2.