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NURSING 227
Information Literacy Activities
What is Information Literacy?
Information Literacy is a set of abilities that empower individuals to understand how the information is organized, to effectively locate, retrieve, evaluate, and use information.
Information Literacy Activities
1. Search Library's Online Collection
Nursing and medical online databases search instruction:
1. CINAHL (subject, keyword, Boolean operators, search builder, limiters and expanders)
2. PsycInfo (subject, keyword, Boolean operators, search builder, limiters and expanders)
3. Health and Wellness Resource Center (subject, keyword, Boolean operators, nesting, and limiters)
4. General databases (subject, keyword, Boolean operators, limiters and expanders, wildcards,
proximity operators, and nesting)
2. Evaluate Information
Evaluate print and online information by using the following criteria: accuracy, authority, currency,
comprehensiveness, purpose, and objectivity.
Please send comments, suggestions, or inquiries to Mona Florea, Reference/Instruction Librarian.
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