Students will…

• understand the timeline of information emergence and its implications.
• select and search databases skillfully.
• evaluate information sources.
• apply metacognition to the process of information seeking.
• be aware of ethical and practical issues surrounding information sources.
• understand the sources of revenue for various types of information products and how this impacts the appropriateness of their use in different situations.
• maintain awareness of their role as both a subject and object in the information environment and make choices accordingly.