Inthe21stcentury,studentshaveaccesstoaplethoraofinformation.Assuch,theskillsrequiredto accessandeffectivelysortthroughthisinformation(informationliteracyskills)becomeevermore importantforsuccessinbothacademicandnon-academicsettings.Thisstudysoughttoassessthe efficacyoftwoeducationalgamesdesignedtoincreasehighschoolstudents’informationlit...

Background and aims: In the information society the production, distribution and use of information is freely and widely available for all issues of life. Correct and appropriate use of appropriate and reliable information is especially important in health care. The present study introduces the concepts and benefits of health literacy and information literacy and its role in improving health li...

This second edition of Information Literacy: Essential Skills for the Information Age remains true to the first edition (published in 1998). The main changes involved the updating of educational standards discussed in the text, as well as the updating of the term history. Overall, this book serves as a detailed definition of the concept of information literacy and focuses heavily on presenting ...

Computer literacy, digital literacy, information literacy, and a host of other terms have all been used to attempt to appropriately describe particular competencies that an individual must know in the information age. However, literacy, of any type, in the information era should not be defined without including the tools that allow one to become more literate and eventually reap the benefits of...

1 Szu-chia Lo, National Cheng-Kung University, University Library, Tainan 701, TAIWAN, R.O.C [email protected] Abstract  This paper describes the results of the study of undergraduates’ information literacy and skills. The purpose of this study is to determine their strengths and weaknesses in terms of their information literacy and skills by observing the information search behavior. The ...