During your college study you will be confronted with academic literature for the first time. It is essential that you learn what academic literature is, where to find it and how to use it correctly. To succeed in this you need to develop new skills; information literacy skills. These skills are part of the academic skills you will be taught during your college education.
Link to the Information Literacy Framework for Higher Education
– identify your topic and compose a research question
– find relevant information using the databases
– evaluate information
– integrate information
– cite information