Educating Information Literacy for Electronic Resources in the Digital Age

This article traces the development of the information literacy modules in engineering community in higher education environment. It examines the user’s education necessity of being information literate, and explores the research related to the concept. Included are reports on the research and find...

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Main Author: Saiyed Yeop, Sarifah Fahimah
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Record Id / ISBN-0: utp-eprints.2242 /
Published: 2011
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Z665 Library Science. Information Science
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
QA76 Computer software
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spelling utp-eprints.22422017-03-20T03:20:10Z Educating Information Literacy for Electronic Resources in the Digital Age Saiyed Yeop, Sarifah Fahimah Z665 Library Science. Information Science TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) QA76 Computer software This article traces the development of the information literacy modules in engineering community in higher education environment. It examines the user’s education necessity of being information literate, and explores the research related to the concept. Included are reports on the research and findings from Subject Areas Relevancy Survey (SARS I and II) that has been conducted. Also examined are recent revisions in information literacy modules for subject matter standards that imply recognition of the process skills included in information literacy for electronic resources. The research outlines the impact of information literacy programs on the usage of electronic content for engineering students. It provides examples of information literacy in various contexts. The ‘live’ research is parallel with the implementation of subject guided or so called ‘taxonomy’ in searching process for electronic resources content. Keywords: information literacy; electronic resources; taxonomy; subject guided; information literate; electronic resource literate. 2011-02 Citation Index Journal PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utp.edu.my/2242/1/Educating_Information_Literacy_for_Electronic_Resources_in_the_Digital_Age.pdf Saiyed Yeop, Sarifah Fahimah (2011) Educating Information Literacy for Electronic Resources in the Digital Age. [Citation Index Journal] http://eprints.utp.edu.my/2242/
institution Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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topic Z665 Library Science. Information Science
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
QA76 Computer software
spellingShingle Z665 Library Science. Information Science
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
QA76 Computer software
Saiyed Yeop, Sarifah Fahimah
Educating Information Literacy for Electronic Resources in the Digital Age
description This article traces the development of the information literacy modules in engineering community in higher education environment. It examines the user’s education necessity of being information literate, and explores the research related to the concept. Included are reports on the research and findings from Subject Areas Relevancy Survey (SARS I and II) that has been conducted. Also examined are recent revisions in information literacy modules for subject matter standards that imply recognition of the process skills included in information literacy for electronic resources. The research outlines the impact of information literacy programs on the usage of electronic content for engineering students. It provides examples of information literacy in various contexts. The ‘live’ research is parallel with the implementation of subject guided or so called ‘taxonomy’ in searching process for electronic resources content. Keywords: information literacy; electronic resources; taxonomy; subject guided; information literate; electronic resource literate.
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author Saiyed Yeop, Sarifah Fahimah
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title Educating Information Literacy for Electronic Resources in the Digital Age
title_short Educating Information Literacy for Electronic Resources in the Digital Age
title_full Educating Information Literacy for Electronic Resources in the Digital Age
title_fullStr Educating Information Literacy for Electronic Resources in the Digital Age
title_full_unstemmed Educating Information Literacy for Electronic Resources in the Digital Age
title_sort educating information literacy for electronic resources in the digital age
publishDate 2011
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