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CREDO Info Lit - Core

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Tutorial: Information Has Value

  • Overview 
  • Information Has Value
  • Intellectual Property
  • Copyright
  • Fair Use 
  • Public Domain 
  • Checkpoint 1
  • Information as Academic Commodity 
  • Information as Non-Academic Commodity 
  • The Digital Divide
  • Impact of the Digital Divide
  • Open Movements
  • Information as a Means of Education 
  • Information Use in the Professional Realm
  • Information as a Means of Influence 
  • Checkpoint 2
  • Responsibly Managing Your Information 
  • Personal Information 
  • Information Legacy
  • Make Conscious Decisions
  • Information Mining 
  • Conclusion 

Video: Data, Information, and Knowledge

Video: Primary & Secondary Research

Video: Peer Review 

Quiz: Peer Review

Video: Types of Sources

Video: Primary Sources

Video: Secondary Sources 

Video: Tertiary Sources

Quiz: Primary & Secondary Sources

Tutorial: Source Types

  • Introduction
  • Source Types
  • Traditional Scholarly Sources
  • Checkpoint 1
  • Gray Literature
  • Checkpoint 2
  • Trade Journals 
  • Non-Traditional Research Sources
  • Checkpoint 3
  • Everyday Sources
  • Checkpoint 4
  • Conclusion 

Quiz: Types of Sources

Tutorial: How To Read Scholarly Sources

  • Identifying Scholarly Materials 
  • Read Strategically
  • Identify Scholarly Materials 
  • Components of Scholarly Materials 
  • Components of Scholarly Materials: Title 
  • Components of Scholarly Materials: Abstracts
  • Components of Scholarly Materials: Literature Reviews
  • Components of Scholarly Materials: Methodologies
  • Components of Scholarly Materials: Results and Discussion 
  • Checkpoint 1
  • Tip 1: Reading Scholarly Materials 
  • Tip 2: Reading Scholarly Materials 
  • Tip 3: Reading Scholarly Materials 
  • Checkpoint 2
  • Conclusion 

Video: How to Read Scholarly Materials 

Tutorial: Selecting Appropriate Digital Sources 

  • Introduction
  • Identifying Your Information Need
  • Identifying the Appropriate Sources 
  • Practice 
  • Types of Sources: Background
  • Types of Sources: In-Depth 
  • The Open and Hidden Web
  • The Open and Hidden Web, Continued 
  • Locating Reliable Sources for Your Information Need
  • Checkpoint 1
  • Locating Reliable Sources for Your Information Need: Authors
  • Locating Reliable Sources for Your Information Need: Bias
  • Locating Reliable Sources for Your Information Need: Considerations
  • Checkpoint 2
  • Optional Practice Activity 
  • Conclusion