LibGuides: Queens: Information Literacy

What is information literacy?

Information Literacy is the ability to:

Determine the extent of information needed
Access the needed information effectively and efficiently
Evaluate information and its sources critically
Incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge base
Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose
Understand the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and access and use information ethically and legally

Information Literacy: Guide for Students: What is Information Literacy?
Research Process
Information Literacy: Guide for Students: 'College-Level' Research
Health Literacy: What Is It and Why Is It Important?
from the Health Science blog at Rasmussen University
ACRL HSIG Nursing Information Literacy Framework: Developing a Disciplinary Companion Document
Recording of the March 12, 2020, ACRL Health Sciences Interest Group Nursing Information Literacy Framework: Developing a Disciplinary Companion Document, with speakers Laureen Cantwell and Bethany McGowan.

Health Literacy from A to Z
Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message, Third Edition is for someone who cares a lot about communicating health messages in ways that patients and the public can understand. In other words, this book is written for you. It is intended as an easy-to-use guide. Its purpose is to inform and inspire you without being overwhelming.

Check, Please! Starter Course
In this course, we show you how to fact and source-check in five easy lessons, taking about **30 minutes apiece**. The entire online curriculum is **two and a half to three hours** and is suitable homework for the first week of a college-level module on disinformation or online information literacy, or the first few weeks of a course if assigned with other discipline-focused homework.