Information literacy is composed of four interconnected components.

• Knowledge of information sources, the organization of information, and the nature of knowing--the attributes of scholarly knowledge.
• Skills in finding, evaluating, using, and effectively communicating information.
• Generalization of knowledge and skills to various applied settings with a positive disposition toward the use of new and extant information sources and information technologies.
• Social context for the use of information, equal access to information, and the dissemination of knowledge.