Bibliography

Some of these articles are freely accessible on the web. Others are in databases subscribed to by the library at John Jay College. For the database articles, if you are using a computer which is not physically located at John Jay College, you will be asked for a password. Use your John Jay email user id and password.

Eg of John Jay email user id = gwashington, password = president1

A checklist of information competencies for college students
Two short lists of what is expected of upper and lower division students at California colleges. Developed by California State University and California community college librarians.
http://www.topsy.org/ChecklistLoUp05.pdf

ACRL information literacy competency standards for higher education
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlstandards/informationliteracycompetency.htm

Information literacy, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Available on the World Wide Web at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_literacy

Barefoot, B. (2006). Bridging the chasm: First-year students and the library. Chronicle of Higher Education, 52(20). Available in the Ebscohost Academic Premier database.

Elmborg, James. (2006). Critical Information Literacy: Implications for Instructional Practice. The Journal of Academic Librarianship 32(2): 192-199.

Foster, A. (March 9, 2007). Information navigation 101: New programs teach undergraduates how to use the Internet and the online card catalog in search of the best sources. Chronicle of higher education, 53(27): p. A38. Available in the LexisNexis Universe database.

Garrett, M. (2001). What is information literacy? Available on the World Wide Web at
http://www.lib.utk.edu/instruction/infolit/infolit.html

Grafstein, A. (2002). A discipline-based approach to information literacy. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 28(4): 197- Available in the EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier database.

Holliday, W. & Fagerheim, B. (2006). Integrating Information Literacy with a Sequenced English Composition Curriculum. Portal: Libraries and the Academy 6(2): 169-184. Available in the Project Muse database.

Johnston, B. & Webber,S. (2003). Information literacy in higher education: A review and case study. Studies in Higher Education 28(3): 335-52. Available in the EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier database.e

Lee, Diane. Information literacy. Available on the World Wide Web at http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr500/01-02-wt2/www/D_Lee/index.htm (this is an article written by a library student which provides a good and concise overview of the history, definitions, and criticisms of the information literacy concept).

Middle States Commission on Higher Education. (2003). Developing research & communication skills: Guidelines for information literacy in the curriculum. Executive summary. Available on the World Wide Web at http://www.msche.org/publications/devskill050208135642.pdf
Full 112 page report available in the library stacks at call number LB2395.7 .M53 2003

Owusu-Ansah, E. (2003). Information literacy and the academic library: A critical look at a concept and the controversies surrounding it. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 29(4): 219-230. Available in the EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier database.

Pacific Bell/UCLA Initiative for 21st Century Literacies. E-Literate: Promoting 21st century literacy skills. http://www.newliteracies.gseis.ucla.edu/video/E_literateSurveyReport.pdf

Ratteray, O. M. (2002). Information literacy in self-study and accreditation. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 28(6): 368- Available in the EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier database.

Shapiro, J. & Hughes, S. (1996). Information literacy as a liberal art: Enlightenment proposals for a new curriculum. Educom Review, 31(2). Available on the World Wide Web at http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/review/reviewarticles/31231.html