Doctors Academy

• Sunnyside High School Library
• Selma High School Library
• Caruthers High School

Information literacy is a set of abilities requiring individuals to "recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information."

• Determines the nature and extent of information needed
• Accesses the needed information effectively and efficiently
• Evaluates information and its sources critically and incorporates selected information into his or her knowledge base and value system
• Uses information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose
• Understands many of the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and accesses and uses information ethically and legally

 The Association of College and Research Libraries (2000). Information literacy competency standards for higher education. Chicago, IL: The Association of College and Research Libraries. Retrieved October 16, 2008, from http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/standards/standards.pdf

The ability to locate, evaluate and use information has always been important, but in today's Information Age, with the explosion of online library and Internet resources, these abilities take on a new urgency. Having more information from which to choose can make research more difficult rather than easier. Often the easiest information to find is unfiltered or unreliable, making information literacy skills more important than ever.

"An expanded definition of information literacy is offered here to emphasize dynamism, flexibility, individual growth, and community learning: Information literacy is the set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued, and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating ethically in communities of learning." Retrieved January 4, 2018 from  Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education