So, what is it?

• Directory of Online Resources for Information Literacy (DORIL) contains a variety of information; but perhaps most useful is the definitions.
  
  
• Essential Skills and Components with Benchmarks from the Washington Library Media Association Online conveniently divided into, hey whattya know, six simple steps.
  
  
• Understanding the World of Information from The Library, La Sierra University, Riverside, California. My library degree in nine pages of text.
  
  
• What is Media Literacy?, from The Media Awareness Network (Canada), includes What is Media Literacy? / Why Teach Media Literacy? / Approaches to Media Education / A Media Literacy Framework / Key Concepts / Making it Happen / Evaluation.
  
  
• The American Library Association hosts several pages on information literacy. Resources include a Report from the American Library Association Presidential Committee on Information Literacy, released on January 10, 1989 and also this Position Paper on Information Literacy and Information Problem Solving provide academic overviews of the situation.

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Educator, educate thyself!

• How to Critically Analyze Information Sources, a tutorial from Reference Services Division, Olin*Kroch*Uris Libraries, Cornell University Library.
  
  
• Information Literacy and the Net, series of short modules for conducting training from the Bellingham Schools, Bellingham, Washington. Module One deals with information literacy. Subsequent modules progress into types of literacies, learning styles, information gathering and sorting. Module Sixteen culminates with relating an information literacy lesson to school district policy.
  
  
• Information Literacy: Guidelines for Kindergarten through Grade 12 from Information Literacy Task Force, Region VII, California Technology Assistance Project (CTAP). Provides bulleted strategies for implementing information literacy.
  
  
• The New "HomeWork" from From Now On, Vol 6, No 5, February 1997, provides several activities for exploring the world of information problem solving and challenging students to think.
  
  
• The Big6© which was developed by Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz. Many resources are available at this website including supplemental materials such as books and videos, and free lessons contributed by the many dedicated Big6© users.
  
  
• The Nuts and Bolts of Big6© is based on a website created back in 1996 in conjunction with Mike Eisenberg. The information about the Big6© has remained relatively unchanged and is based directly on the work of Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz. The site also includes the Nuts and Bolts of Big6© Game and a section with Resources and Activities is under development.

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Lingering issues.

• The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) provides a variety of online tutorials on their ICONnect website. Among the many selections are Lesson 1: Introduction and Copyright: Who Owns the 'Net?, almost a webquest for webpage development, and Lesson 2: Copyright, from the K-12 Internet Issues section.
  
  
• The ultimate copyright source, The United States Copyright Office. Many of the resources are in the Adobe PDF format for easy downloading. To avoid downloading information you don't really want, the FAQ page is probably the best place to start.
  
  
• Search Tools Chart created by Carole Leita for the InfoPeople Project.
  
  
• Finding Things on the Internet will get you started on your way to locating good resources on the Internet.
  
  
• Evaluating Internet Resources: A checklist from the InfoPeople.

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