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Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School Library Media Center

Information Literacy Skills

Finding, interpreting, judging, and creating information

* Collect, record, and verify data

 

* Access information to be informed and inform others

 

* Create references and citations and construct a bibliography according to recognized conventions

 

* Make connections between various sources of information

 

* Understand the benefits and limitations of personal sensory learning preferences when accessing, processing, and recalling information

 

* Use memory techniques to develop long term memory

 

* Present information in a variety of formats and platforms

 

* Collect and analyze data identify solutions and make informed decisions

 

* Process data and report results

 

* Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on their appropriateness to specific tasks

 

* Understand and use technology systems

 

* Use critical literacy skills to analyze and interpret media communications

 

* Understand and implement intellectual property rights

 

* Create references and citations, use footnotes/endnotes and construct a bibliography according to recognized conventions

 

* Identify primary and secondary sources