| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Chandos Information Professional Series |
| Contents |
Front Cover; AGRICULTURE TO ZOOLOGY; Series Page; AGRICULTURE TO ZOOLOGY: Information Literacy in the Life Sciences; Copyright; CONTENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS AND EDITORS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 -- Introduction to Information Literacy in the Life Sciences; DEFINING INFORMATION LITERACY; IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATION LITERACY; History; Building the Case for Information Literacy; Information Literacy Supports Lifelong Learning; Information Literacy Supports Accreditation Requirements; International Support for Information Literacy; INFORMATION LITERACY AND HIGHER EDUCATION |
|
INFORMATION LITERACY AND THE SCIENCESSCIENCES IN GENERAL; Collaboration Between Librarians and Discipline Faculty; Primary Scientific Literature; INFORMATION LITERACY AND THE LIFE SCIENCES; REFERENCES; 2 -- Scientific Literacy; INTRODUCTION; DEFINING SCIENTIFIC LITERACY; SCIENTIFIC LITERACY AND INFORMATION LITERACY; IMPROVING SCIENTIFIC LITERACY USING INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS; REFERENCES; 3 -- Designing Information Literacy Instruction for the Life Sciences; INTRODUCTION; THE LIFE SCIENCES CURRICULUM; Lecture Courses; Laboratory Sections; Lower-Division Courses; Upper-Division Courses |
|
Required Versus ElectiveCHARACTERISTICS OF STUDENTS IN THE LIFE SCIENCES; COLLABORATING WITH INSTRUCTORS; KEY OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTEGRATING INFORMATION LITERACY; Laboratory Reports; Research Papers; Capstone Projects; Undergraduate Research Experiences; INFORMATION LITERACY COMPETENCIES; Information Literacy Standards for Science and Engineering/Technology; Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education; Authority Is Constructed and Contextual; Information Creation as a Process; Information Has Value; Research as Inquiry; Scholarship as Conversation |
|
Searching as Strategic ExplorationDESIGNING WITH THE OBJECTIVE-ACTIVITY-ASSESSMENT APPROACH; Developing Learning Objectives; Designing Learning Activities; Assessing Student Learning; Programmatic Approaches for Information Literacy in the Life Sciences; RECOMMENDATIONS AND PRACTICAL ADVICE; CONCLUSION; RECOMMENDED RESOURCES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; 4 -- Agriculture and Plant Sciences Information Literacy; INTRODUCTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; DISCIPLINE RESOURCES; Databases; Journals; Websites; Weather Data; Extension Publications and Presentations; Books; Trade Publications |
|
INFORMATION-SEEKING BEHAVIORStudents; Faculty Researchers; Agricultural Producers; DISCIPLINE INFORMATION LITERACY INSTRUCTION; Practical Examples; Movie or Video Clip; Interdisciplinary Teaching Teams; Group Project; Annotated Bibliography; New Literacies Alliance; INFORMATION LITERACY INSTRUCTION FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS; EMERGING TRENDS AND STAYING UP-TO-DATE; CONCLUSION; RECOMMENDED RESOURCES; REFERENCES; 5 -- Marine and Aquatic Sciences Information Literacy; INTRODUCTION; UNIQUE ASPECTS OF SEARCHING; DISCIPLINE RESOURCES; Taxonomy and Species Databases; Encyclopedias; 6 -- Polar (Arctic and Antarctic) Sciences Information Literacy; 7 -- Zoology and Animal Sciences Information Literacy -- Appendix 1 - Additional Resources -- Index |
| Summary |
Agriculture to Zoology: Information Literacy in the Life Sciences sets the stage for purposefully integrating information literacy activities within the subject-specific content of the life sciences. The book is written for librarians and other professionals who teach information literacy skills, especially those in the science disciplines, and most especially the life sciences. It is also intended to be helpful to secondary school teachers, college faculty who teach life science-related subjects, library school students, and others interested in information literacy and science education. Anyone wanting to learn more about the Earth's life sciences, from citizen to scientist, will benefit as well. The book's seven chapters fill a gap with varying perspectives of literacy instruction in the life sciences and include resources identified by academic librarians as important for use in subject-specific research in higher education. Contributors are longtime specialists in the fields of the life sciences, science and information literacy, scientific and electronic communication, assessment, and more, including Arctic and Antarctic information |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 26, 2017) |
| Subject |
Information literacy.
|
|
Life sciences.
|
|
biological sciences.
|
|
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Books & Reading.
|
|
Information literacy
|
|
Life sciences
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Kuden, Jodee L., editor
|
|
Braund-Allen, Juli, editor.
|
|
Carle, Daria O., editor
|
| ISBN |
9780081006726 |
|
0081006721 |
|
