The competence to perform an academic literature review task in a digital context is of
paramount importance for higher education students. However, both undergraduate and …

The terms “post-truth” and “fake news” have become increasingly prevalent in public
discourse over the last year. This article explores the growing abundance of misinformation …

Information literacy forms a key concept within Library and Information Science, where it
forms the focus of scholarship, conferences, journals and teaching librarian practice, alike …

The spread of “fake news” stories online has become a pressing concern in the United
States and around the world in recent years. Social media platforms enable the rapid spread …

Young people are increasingly turning to the Internet more than to traditional media and
information sources to find information. Yet, research demonstrates suboptimal online …

In an attempt to market their services and connect with potential users, and particularly
young people, many libraries are opening accounts on social media platforms. Research …

This empirical study consists in an investigation of the effects, on the development of
Information Problem Solving (IPS) skills, of a long-term embedded, structured and supported …

This qualitative study documents evidence of first year undergraduate students'
collaboration processes and information literacy learning while completing research …

This paper reports on an empirical study that explores the ways students approach learning
to find and use information. Based on interviews with 15 education students in an Australian …

Social media platforms facilitate the sharing of a vast magnitude of information in split
seconds among users. However, some false information, generally referred to as “fake …