Info Smarts: Developing the Information Literacy You Need for Effective and Ethical Participation in Information Ecosystems

by Ellen Carey

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Santa Barbara City College
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  1. Front Matter
  2. Title Page
  3. Info Page
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Table of Contents
  6. About This Book
  7. Licensing
  8. Licensing
  9. 1: Information Literacy
  10. 1.1: Chapter Overview
  11. 1.2: What is Information Literacy and Why Does it Matter?
  12. 1.2.1: Critical Thinking
  13. 1.2.2: Media Literacy
  14. 1.2.3: Data Literacy
  15. 1.2.4: Science Literacy
  16. 1.2.5: AI Literacy
  17. 1.2.6: Visual Literacy
  18. 1.3: How Librarians Support Information Literacy Development
  19. 1.4: Questions for Critical Thinking
  20. 2: Information Ecosystems, Algorithms, and Organization
  21. 2.1: Chapter Overview
  22. 2.2: Information Environments, Ecosystems, and Landscapes
  23. 2.3: Algorithms and The Attention Economy
  24. 2.3.1: What are Algorithms?
  25. 2.3.2: The Influence of Algorithms
  26. 2.3.3: Algorithmic Bias
  27. 2.3.4: The Attention Economy
  28. 2.3.5: Algorithms and Polarization
  29. 2.4: Epistemic Bubbles, Filter Bubbles, and Echo Chambers
  30. 2.5: Organization of Information
  31. 2.5.1: Is There a Right Way To Organize Information?
  32. 2.5.2: How Libraries Organize Information
  33. 2.5.3: Organizing Your Own Information
  34. 2.6: Questions for Critical Thinking
  35. 3: Mis/Disnformation, Information Disorder, and Fact-Checking
  36. 3.1: Chapter Overview
  37. 3.2: Misinformation, Disinformation, and Malinformation
  38. 3.2.1: Types of Mis/Disinformation
  39. 3.2.2: What About AI-Generated Information?
  40. 3.3: Information Disorder, Truth Decay, and What To Do About It
  41. 3.3.1: Truth, Truth Decay, and Trust
  42. 3.3.2: Fact vs. Opinion
  43. 3.3.3: Web Evaluation Skills - A “Bleak” Track Record
  44. 3.3.4: Information Cynicism
  45. 3.3.5: College Students and Cynicism
  46. 3.3.6: Information Hygiene and Info-Environmentalism
  47. 3.4: Fact-Checking Strategies
  48. 3.4.1: Why Fact-Checking?
  49. 3.4.2: The SIFT Method
  50. 3.4.3: Using Wikipedia Effectively
  51. 3.4.4: Fact-Checking Images and Memes
  52. 3.4.5: What Makes Quality News Sources
  53. 3.5: Questions for Critical Thinking
  54. 4: Information Social Justice
  55. 4.1: Chapter Overview
  56. 4.2: How Social Hierarchies and Power Dynamics Affect Information
  57. 4.2.1: Critically Examining Information Ecosystems
  58. 4.2.2: Information Privilege
  59. 4.2.3: Information Power and Privilege in Academia
  60. 4.2.4: Power and Privilege in Information Creation
  61. 4.2.5: Privilege, Privilege, and the Findability of Information
  62. 4.2.6: Power, Privilege, and Access to Information
  63. 4.3: Bias, Representation, and Marginalization in Information Ecosystems
  64. 4.3.1: Research and Media Bias
  65. 4.3.2: Personal Biases
  66. 4.3.3: Censorship, Free Speech, and Intellectual Freedom
  67. 4.3.4: Diverse Information Ecosystems and Knowledge Systems
  68. 4.4: Information Justice
  69. 4.5: Questions for Critical Thinking
  70. 5: Information Ethics and Value
  71. 5.1: Chapter Overview
  72. 5.2: The Value of Information
  73. 5.2.1: Types of Value
  74. 5.2.2: Privacy and Personal Information
  75. 5.2.3: The Value of Open Education
  76. 5.3: Legal Use of Information
  77. 5.3.1: Copyright and Licensing
  78. 5.3.2: Is it Covered By Copyright?
  79. 5.3.3: Copyright and AI
  80. 5.3.4: Creative Commons Copyright
  81. 5.3.5: Public Domain
  82. 5.4: Academic Integrity
  83. 5.4.1: Contributing to the Conversation
  84. 5.4.2: Why We Cite Sources
  85. 5.4.3: Ethics of Information Use
  86. 5.4.4: Degrees of Plagiarism
  87. 5.5: Citing Sources
  88. 5.5.1: When to Cite Sources
  89. 5.5.2: Citation and Citation Styles
  90. 5.5.3: MLA Style
  91. 5.5.4: APA Style
  92. 5.5.5: Citation Steps for Any Style
  93. 5.5.6: Citation Generators
  94. 5.6: Questions for Critical Thinking
  95. 6: Research as a Process of Inquiry
  96. 6.1: Chapter Overview
  97. 6.2: The Research Process
  98. 6.3: Types of Research
  99. 6.4: Getting Started With Your Research
  100. 6.5: Choosing a Topic
  101. 6.6: Conducting Background Research
  102. 6.7: Research Questions
  103. 6.8: Identifying the Main Concepts in Your Research Question
  104. 6.9: Avoiding Confirmation Bias
  105. 6.10: Brainstorming Related Terms
  106. 6.11: Creating a Search Statement
  107. 6.12: Conclusion
  108. 6.13: Questions for Critical Thinking
  109. 7: Information Sources and Their Creation Processes
  110. 7.1: Chapter Overview
  111. 7.2: Chapter Scenario
  112. 7.3: Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources
  113. 7.4: Critical Thinking
  114. 7.5: The information lifecycle
  115. 7.6: Print Sources
  116. 7.7: Visual and Audio Sources
  117. 7.8: Online-Only Sources
  118. 7.9: Scholarly Articles
  119. 7.10: Data as Sources
  120. 7.11: Big data
  121. 7.12: People as Sources
  122. 7.13: Emojis
  123. 7.14: Memes
  124. 7.15: Graphics and Advertising
  125. 7.16: Critical Thinking
  126. 7.17: Questions for Critical Thinking
  127. 8: Strategic Searching
  128. 8.1: Chapter Overview
  129. 8.2: Searching as Strategic Exploration
  130. 8.3: Finding Materials in the Library
  131. 8.3.1: Scenario
  132. 8.3.2: Using OneSearch- Your California Community College Library’s Search Tool
  133. 8.3.3: Finding Your Books
  134. 8.3.4: Filters and Advanced Search Options in OneSearch
  135. 8.3.5: Practice
  136. 8.3.6: Critical Thinking
  137. 8.3.7: Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)
  138. 8.3.8: Bias in Library Classification Systems
  139. 8.3.9: Critical Thinking
  140. 8.3.10: Library of Congress Classification (LCC)
  141. 8.3.11: Practice
  142. 8.3.12: Critical Thinking
  143. 8.4: Using Library Databases
  144. 8.4.1: Scenario
  145. 8.4.2: What Sources Are Available in Library Databases?
  146. 8.4.3: Critical Thinking
  147. 8.4.4: Choosing a Library Database
  148. 8.4.5: Critical Thinking
  149. 8.4.6: Scholarly Articles, Magazine Articles, and Newspaper Articles
  150. 8.4.7: You Found Some Resources! Now What?
  151. 8.4.8: Considering What You Need to Find
  152. 8.4.9: Accessing the Full Text of Your Sources
  153. 8.4.10: Critical Thinking
  154. 8.5: Searching the Web
  155. 8.5.1: Scenario
  156. 8.5.2: A Very Brief History of the Internet
  157. 8.5.3: Critical Thinking
  158. 8.5.4: Search Engines and Tools
  159. 8.5.5: AI-Assisted Searching
  160. 8.5.6: Comparing Search Tools
  161. 8.5.7: Practice
  162. 8.5.8: Google Scholar
  163. 8.5.9: Academic Search Tools
  164. 8.5.10: Open Access
  165. 8.5.11: Critical Thinking
  166. 8.5.12: Refining Your Search
  167. 8.5.13: Searching and Privacy
  168. 8.5.14: Practice
  169. 8.5.15: Citing Websites, Web pages, Files, Articles
  170. 8.6: Questions for Critical Thinking
  171. 9: Authority and Credibility
  172. 9.1: Chapter Overview
  173. 9.2: Types of Expertise and Influence
  174. 9.3: Fact-Checking and Source Evaluation Strategies
  175. 9.4: Evaluating Data as Sources
  176. 9.5: Questions for Critical Thinking
  177. 10: Scholarly Communication and Knowledge-Building
  178. 10.1: Chapter Overview
  179. 10.2: Scholarly Conversations and the Development of Knowledge
  180. 10.3: Citizen Science
  181. 10.4: Putting Your Sources in Conversation with Each Other
  182. 10.5: Questions for Critical Thinking
  183. 11: Information Literacy As A Lifelong Practice
  184. 11.1: Chapter Overview
  185. 11.2: Practicing Information Literacy
  186. 11.3: Managing Information Overload
  187. 11.4: Questions for Critical Thinking
  188. Back Matter
  189. Index
  190. Glossary
  191. Detailed Licensing
  192. Detailed Licensing