Welcome to Penn State Mont Alto and the Penn State University Library System. The following pages will provide an overview of basic concepts in library research and information literacy. If you are completing this as an assignment for a class, when you finish you may be asked to complete the Understanding Information Quiz.
Introduction
You don’t have to have all the answers, but it
helps to know where to find them.
What is information literacy?
Information literacy is the capacity to know:
when you need information
what kind you need
where to find it
how to evaluate and organize it
* Definition is from
Techniques for Student Research by Nancy Lane, Margaret Chisholm, and
Carolyn Mateer.
