Information Literacy

Information Literacy is important because

• It enables you to plagiarize

• You will be able to choose credible and reliable sources of information

Which of the following are periodicals (multiple answers)

• Books

• Newspapers

• Encyclopaedias

• Academic Journals

The publication cycle of magazines is:

• Yearly

• Monthly

• Weekly

• Daily

Which of the following will publish about an event a day after the event?

• A Book

• A Magazine

• A Scholarly journal

• A Newspaper

Wikipedia is a good source of information

• True

• False

You can find academic (scholarly) journal articles in ZU Library databases

• True

• False

If your research topic is about mobile technology, an information source from 2010 is current

• True

• False

If your research topic is about obesity in the UAE, a newspaper article about gyms in the UAE is relevant

• True

• False

A website that ends with .com is more credible than a website than ends with .gov

• True

• False

You can always trust websites that end with (.net)

• True

• False