USD Information Literacy Lessons: Page 17

Why it is important for you to acquire research skills?

Information Literacy and the Lifelong Learner

What is Information Literacy?

Information Literacy Versus Information Technology Skills

Research Strategy

Rules of Thumb in Doing Research

The Research Process

Where to Find Information in Your Library

Finding Reference Books and Monographs

Finding Periodical Literature

Scholarly Journals

Popular Magazines

Newspapers

Trade Magazines/Journals

What to Do With an Article Citation

Additional Web Resources

>> What About Web Research?

A Sample Search

A Sample Search, Continued

Desire2Learn IL Exercise

Since most information on the Web isn't subject to editorial review before it goes up, you need to be critical.

See the Web Evaluation Lesson for how to critically analyze web-based information.

Meanwhile, use the knowledge you've gained in your research to evaluate Web information critically.

Rules of thumb for searching the web:

• Use a reliable search engine (not Yahoo!).
• Google (Hint: Using the advanced search function will give you greater control over your Google web search)
• Librarian's Index to the Internet https://www.law.cornell.edu/
• Digital Librarian https://the-digital-librarian.com/
• Infomine https://www.glacierrig.com/infomine/
• Search reliable web sites: Educational institutions (those with URL domain extensions.edu) are the best source of true, reliable, and verifiable information.

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