Not a Blank Slate: Information Literacy Misconceptions in First-Year Experience Courses

Information literacy is the primary instructional focus of many librarians. With the development of a core set of information literacy threshold concepts, librarians often strive to impart these concepts to undergraduate students during their years of study. However, when students come to school, th...

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Published in:	Communications in Information Literacy
Main Authors:	Michelle Keba, Elizabeth Fairall
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Communications in Information Literacy 2020-12-01
Subjects:	misconceptions first-year students information literacy
Online Access:	https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/34482

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