Importance Of Information Literacy

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Information Literacy
Purpose: To let my listeners understand how the information literacy will affect their life.


Introduction
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What is Information Literacy?
An ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use that information for the issue or problem at hand
Skepticism, judgment, free thinking, questioning, and understanding
Thesis statement
Preview statement
Today, I will first present the importance of information literacy.
Then, I will list out and explain the advantage of information literacy.
Moreover, I will explain the


Body
The importance of information literacy
When we are exposed to so much information, we have the ability to identify the sources …show more content…

Where - Where is it hosted?
When - When was the information created and published?
What - What is the agenda?
Why - Why you choose to surf that particular website?
How – How can you tell what is what?


Conclusion
Summary
The importance of information literacy
The advantage of information literacy
Steps for effective searching skills
Effective searching skills on the Internet
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Conclude statement
Information literacy is very important nowadays because we are in the information age now and there is a lot of information on the Internet.
When we learn the skills of research on The internet, we will able to found what we want effectively and can save a lot of time.
Bibliography
Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 20 Oct. 2015.
Taylor, Terry, Joan Arth, Amy Solomon, and Naomi Williamson. 100% Information Literacy Success. Clifton Park, NY: Thomson Delmar Learning, 2007.

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