Book Title: The Path to Information Literacy: From Finding a Topic to Writing an Annotated Bibliography
Subtitle: From Finding a Topic to Writing an Annotated Bibliography
Book Description: This book is an adaptation of Ohio State University's Choosing & Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research. It has been revised with a new introduction and learning objectives and section summaries. It also includes sections on common research assignments such as research plans, research logs, note-taking, and annotated bibliographies. The sections on evaluating resources have been expanded to include lateral reading with SIFT (Stop, Investigate the source, Find better coverage, Trace sources) and evaluation with CRAAP (Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose), the 5Ws (Who What When Where Why), and BEAM (Background, Exhibit, Argument, Method). Sections on generative AI have been added.
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Book Description
This book is an adaptation of Ohio State University’s Choosing & Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research. It has been revised with a new introduction and learning objectives and section summaries. It also includes sections on common research assignments such as research plans, research logs, note-taking, and annotated bibliographies. The sections on evaluating resources have been expanded to include lateral reading with SIFT (Stop, Investigate the source, Find better coverage, Trace sources) and evaluation with CRAAP (Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose), the 5Ws (Who What When Where Why), and BEAM (Background, Exhibit, Argument, Method). Sections on generative AI have been added.
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The Path to Information Literacy: From Finding a Topic to Writing an Annotated Bibliography Copyright © 2026 by Fort Hays State University Tebo Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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Library and information sciences / Museology
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The Path to Information Literacy: From Finding a Topic to Writing an Annotated Bibliography Copyright © 2026 by Fort Hays State University Tebo Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.