I. UNDERSTAND THE FLOW OF INFORMATION

1. Have working knowledge of a variety of information sources.
2. Understand how information is gathered, organized, packaged, and stored.
3. Understand the publication cycle and system of scholarly communication.
4. Learn how to articulate information needs.
5. Learn ways to keep current and deal with information overload.
6. Understand concepts of intellectual property .

II. ASSESS AND SELECT APPROPRIATE RESOURCES FOR INFORMATION

1. Assess available sources of information, including print and electronic.
2. Match source of information to information need.
3. Understand the difference between primary and secondary sources.

III. SEARCH AND LOCATE INFORMATION

1. Understand structure and content of the resource being used.
2. Know how to build successful search strategies using boolean logic, field searching and limiters.
3. Know how to alter the search if the first attempt does not find information or finds too much information.
4. Understand how to interpret citations and use call numbers to locate print items.
5. Know how to obtain materials not available locally.

IV. EVALUATE AND INTERPRET INFORMATION

1. Distinguish relevant from irrelevant information
2. Determine the factual accuracy of a statement
3. Critique for currency, authority, bias, opinions and assumptions

V. EXTRACT AND ORGANIZE INFORMATION

1. Understand the process of copying, saving, downloading, emailing, or printing search results
2. Know how to extract relevant information and document its source
3. Know how to organize extracted information for practical applications

VI. INTEGRATE AND DOCUMENT INFORMATION

1. Know how to cite sources accurately and completely
2. Understand how to integrate new information into an existing body of knowledge

*Modified from "The Information Literacy Challenge" by Elizabeth A. Dupuis at the University of Texas-Austin