FAQs

• Differences Between Popular and Scholarly

• Newspapers Holdings (PDF)

• Using the Web for Assignments ( 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 )

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Information Literacy

FLIRT : Fairmont Library Internet Research Tutorial

This tutorial has been designed specific for Fairmont State, the library, and it’s resources. This interactive tutorial includes:

• An overview defining information literacy and addressing some common misconception about the Internet
  
  
• Module One covering different sources of information, including where to find them and how to choose the best ones for your research
  
  
• Module Two covering skills for effective searching library databases and the Web, including choosing and combining terms
  
  
• Modules Three covering criteria for assessing the credibility of sources, as well as how to cite print and online information
  
  
• Database tutorials
  
  
• Quizzes are not included.
  

Last Modified: 9/29/2009