| Description |
vii,145 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: the information horizon -- The complex world of information -- Finding factual information -- Selecting and navigating electronic information systems -- Practices of information organization and access -- Channels of communication -- Researching for writing -- Counting on our numeric literacy -- Putting our information skills to use -- Maintaining information literacy levels in a changing world -- It's a wrap! Some final thoughts on finding and using information |
| Summary |
With the advent of the Information Society, access to resources is vital to the ordinary citizen, the academic, and the career professional, as well as in public administration and private enterprise. Information Pathways: A Problem-Solving Approach toInformation Literacy is designed to serve as a textbook for courses that address the need of college students to develop a basic knowledge of the complex matrix of core resources for the retrieval, management, and exploitation of information. This book shows students how to: Build effective search strategies for solving information problems E |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Human information processing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Information literacy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Information retrieval -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Research -- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| LC no. |
2009047922 |
| ISBN |
0810874261 |
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9780810874268 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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