{"id":26049,"date":"2023-03-10T09:42:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T14:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/?p=26049"},"modified":"2023-03-10T12:57:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T17:57:53","slug":"information-literacy-for-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/information-literacy-for-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Information Literacy for Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>What is Information Literacy?<\/h4>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.ala.org\/InformationEvaluation\/Infolit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Library Association<\/a>, &#8220;To be information literate, a person must be able to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4>Evaluating Information: What is Fact &amp; what is Fake?<\/h4>\n<p>Watch the video below to learn about the resources available to get trustworthy information:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yxKScHQBlMM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Other websites to help with finding resources and factual information:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/src.libguides.com\/researchprocess\/resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/src.libguides.com\/researchprocess\/resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ualberta-lis.libguides.com\/information-literacy-for-high-school-students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/ualberta-lis.libguides.com\/information-literacy-for-high-school-students<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lit.libguides.com\/information-lit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/lit.libguides.com\/information-lit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Did you know that you can get a library card to the Boston Public Library for free if you live in Massachusetts? Get your card today and have access to their library books and databases as well!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bpl.org\/teen-subject\/encyclopedias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.bpl.org\/teen-subject\/encyclopedias\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Plagiarism: what is that?<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PMG3rhIUAZc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you have questions on how to cite a resource and show where your information came from, you can use the following resources:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/owl.purdue.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/owl.purdue.edu\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kids.kiddle.co\/Citation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/kids.kiddle.co\/Citation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.uah.edu\/highschool\/plagiarism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/libguides.uah.edu\/highschool\/plagiarism<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>How to search &amp; find resources using library databases<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_x_D-wzgWIE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here is a direct link to the Springfield Public Library databases: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/elibrary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/elibrary\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also use a Boston Library Card to use their databases listed here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bpl.org\/teen-subject\/all-teen-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.bpl.org\/teen-subject\/all-teen-resources\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This guide was created by Heaven Pajala, March 2023<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to find, evaluate, and cite trustworthy sources of information for school assignments and your personal learning endeavors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26049"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26065,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26049\/revisions\/26065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}