Over the course of three years, an educational intervention was developed to teach
information literacy (IL) skills, change perceptions of IL, and to recalibrate self views of the …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine to what extent a person's
psychophysiological well-being is affected by misinformation and whether their level of …

Previous scholarship has established a connection between information literacy and writing,
highlighting in particular how writing theories could inform our understanding of information …

Information literacy, 40 years since the term was coined, remains a conceptually contested
aspect of library and information science research. This paper uses a review of the literature …

Information literacy, as a concept, has suffered from terminological confusion and has been
burdened with untenable expectations. In addition, insufficient attention has been given to …

Students were asked to report their typical practices with regard to source evaluation using
the Credibility Assessment Scale (CAS). Students' reports were validated against …

This action research study explores first-year students' conceptions of the research process,
with a focus on which aspects students find most challenging and how this information can …

The Internet offers help-seekers an abundance of resources that can potentially support their
mental health. However, people often have trouble in finding personally relevant resources …

Abstract Information literacy is an essential proficiency for success in academic studies, yet
many first-year students find it hard to use information sources efficiently and to develop …

Preference for autonomous versus directed learning for the acquisition of information
competencies (ICs) was analyzed among undergraduate social science students according …