FYEX 100 - Business: Information Literacies

Information literacy consists of FIVE abilities and associated skills.  FYEX courses will typically focus on four of those abilities.

1. Source Exploration : Identify the most appropriate sources and information to meet the scope of need.

2. Strategic Searching : Create, execute, and refine search strategies with iteration utilizing search outcomes to find relevant sources and information. 

3. Source Evaluation : Evaluate the credibility of sources to critically select and interpret information relevant to the need. 

4. Synthesis : Contextualize and synthesize selected information to engage in ongoing scholarship and communities of learning and/or practice. 

5. Source Attribution : Contribute to ongoing scholarship and communities of learning and/or practice through ethical reflection, proper attribution, and respect of intellectual property.