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Burkhardt, Joanna M.

Teaching information literacy : 50 standards-based exercises for college students / Joanna M. Burkhardt, Mary C. MacDonald ; with Andrée J. Rathemacher. - 2nd ed. - Chicago : American Library Association, 2010. - xi, 138 p : ill ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Information explosion -- What is information? -- Getting ready for research -- The chain of information -- Issues of the information age -- Books and catalogs -- Periodicals and databases -- The Web and scholarly research -- Other tools for research -- The paper trail project -- Assessment.

"Covering the basics of planning, collecting, and evaluating, each of the 50 standards-based exercises in this book address one or more of the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education and promote conceptual and applied skills via active learning, problem-based learning, and resource-based learning."--[back cover].

ISBN: 083891053X (pbk.) 9780838910535 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2009045780

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB082150 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015595793 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Computer network resources--Evaluation--Study and teaching (Higher).
Electronic information resource literacy--Study and teaching (Higher).
Information literacy--Study and teaching (Higher)--Problems, exercises, etc.
Information resources--Evaluation--Study and teaching (Higher).
Internet research--Study and teaching (Higher).
Library orientation for college students.
Research--Methodology--Study and teaching (Higher).

LC Class. No.: ZA3075 / .B87

Dewey Class. No.: 028.7071/1