Library - Information Literacy Page

Welcome to Antonian College Preparatory High School

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What is Information Literacy?

Information Literacy is "understanding how to access and use information". I am dedicated to helping Antonian's students become independent, information-literate, lifelong learners. There is so much information available today that finding what you need has become very complicate. In order to help the students at Antonian become information-literate, I highly recommend the following three tutorials. Just click on the underlined words and have fun!

Credible Sources Count The Vaughan Memorial Library has created this tutorial to help students understand the importance of making certain that any website  used information is true.  There are many websites that have misleading and/or inaccurate information.  Using bad information while you are preparing a research paper can result in a lower grade.  Spend 10 minutes here and it will help you understand how to distinguish a good website from a bad website. 

Big6 method was developed by Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz. The Big6 is the most widely known and widely used approach to teaching information and technology skills in the world. The Big6 integrates information search and use skills along with technology tools in a systematic process to find, use, apply, and evaluate information for research tasks. Students who become familiar with this method will be able to complete their research projects with great success.

TILT is used by students at The University of Texas at Austin to learn how to locate and evaluate information on the Internet. So many students start their projects with a typical search engine like Yahoo or Google. However, this method only gives students access to about 10% of the information that is available by using other searching techniques. The TILT tutorial will give students skills that will be essential for them to succeed in college.