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FYS Activity

This guide is an activity intended to meet the Information Literacy goal for the First Year Seminar program.

Who Do You Trust and Why?

"Inform Your Thinking: Episode 2 - Who Do You Trust and Why?" Youtube, uploaded by OkStateLibrary 10 June 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMe50BDb4M0. 5 Dec. 2017.

Inform Your Thinking videos and corresponding reflective questions are licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution-Non Commercial license CC BY NC.

Discussion Questions

  • WHAT can you do when confronted with information that conflicts with your own perspective?
  • HOW can you tell if someone is a qualified author on a given topic?

How is Your Information Created?

"Inform Your Thinking: Episode 5 - How Is Your Information Created?" Youtube, uploaded by OkStateLibrary 14 July 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThQAmo4c66k. 5 Dec. 2017.

Inform Your Thinking videos and corresponding reflective questions are licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution-Non Commercial license CC BY NC.

Discussion Questions

  • WHAT measures can you take to ensure that the information you create and/or share is accurate?
  • WHY does scholarly information take so long to come out, compared to other sources?

Search Smarter

"Inform Your Thinking: Episode 6 - Search Smarter." Youtube, uploaded by OkStateLibrary 25 July 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SreCuGxQI-I. 5 Dec. 2017.

Inform Your Thinking videos and corresponding reflective questions are licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution-Non Commercial license CC BY NC.

Discussion Questions

  • Try something. Open a new tab and go to www.wittenberg.edu/lib . In the search box type the following: wolves AND yellowstone. Then, try the same search in Google. WHAT are two differences between the types of sources you find?
  • WHY is it important to try different words when searching for information?