STANDARD THREE: Critically Evaluating Information and its Sources

BASIC LESSONS

• Standard One: Defining the Information Need
• Standard Two: Acquiring Needed Information Efficiently and Effectively
• Standard Three: Critically Evaluating Information and Its Sources
  1. The Information Cycle and Peer Review
  2. Criteria for Comparing and Evaluating Information and its sources
  3. Recognizing Prejudice and Deception
  4. Discipline-specific Resources
• Standard Four: Using Information Ethically
• Standard Five: Keeping Current Regarding New Information in the Field

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INTRODUCTION

The ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards identifies Standard Three as the ability to evaluate information and its sources critically. This series of lessons introduces a variety of concepts and ideas that fall under that standard.