Information Literacy
"Ignorance of the law excuses no one."
How to become a well informed individual
being a well informed individual
you cannot be deceived, can
boost your confidence, you will
know how to deal with things in
a certain situation
Ways to become a well informed individual
Reading
books, magazine, newspaper
discover things that you might
get interested
learn new hobby
trivias
Listening and Watching
radio and television
highlight current events and
different matters out of
curiosity
By an expert
asking questions
People who access information
Students
they need to access
information to broaden their
knowledge bout different
subjects they study in
school
Teachers
they facilitate learning and
enhance their students’
knowledge and skill
Medical practitioners
they require physical or
laboratory tests so proper
treatment will be administered
to their patient
Scientists
they seek new information by
conducting series of studied,
tests, and experiments to
validate their findings
Lawyers
they defend their clients
strongly in court because of the
relevant and complete
information about the case
Journalists and reporters
they make sure that what is
delivered in the public is
accurate and factual
Artists
they do their own research to
add meaning and depth to their
Accessing information using the card
catalog
Three basic types of card catalog
Author catalog
type of card catalog organized
by the last name of the author
if more than one book
collaborated on the book, the
author listed first is the one
that appears on the card
catalog
authors name on the top; title
of the book; publishing
information; 3 to 5 main
subjects highlighting the
content of the book
 title catalog
it provides an easy way for a
person to find a specific book
or multimedia holding by its
title
Subject catalog
it organize ps all the library
holding by the main subjects of
the title
OPAC
online public access catalog
used if there is a large
collection of books or readings
material in the library
enables the students to access
the database installed in
selected desktop in the library
Classification of books in the library
Dewey Decimal Classification
it’s is a system for organizing
the contents of a library based
on he dividing psi of of all
knowledge into 10 groups, with
each group assigned 100 numbers
small library
libraries of colleges/
universities
categories:
000 general knowledge
100 philosophy & psychology
200 religion
300 social sciences
400 languages
500 science
600 technology
700 art & recreation
800 literature
900 history and geography
Library of Congress Classification
it is a classification systems
that was first developed in
the nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries to
organize and arrange the book
collections of the library of
Congress
bigger libraries
letters and number that are
correlated with the subject
title
categories:
class a: general works
almanacs, dictionary, encyclopedia
class b: religion & philosophy
2 types
b to b j philosophy and
psychology
b l to b religion
class c: auxiliary sciences to history
CLASS D: HISTORY OF THE old WORLD
CLASS E: U.S HISTORY
CLASS F: HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS
CLASS G: GEOGRAPHY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
CLASS H: SOCIAL SCIENCES
CLASS J: POLITICAL SCIENCE
CLASS K: LAW
CLASS L: EDUCATION
CLASS M: MUSIC
CLASS N: FINE ART
CLASS P: LANGUAGE AMD LITERATURE
CLASS Q: MATH AND SCIENCE
Class r : Medicine
class s: agriculture
class t: engineering and technology
class u: military science
class v: naval science
class z: library science
Sections of the Library
General Reference Section
You can find here the books
containing specific facts and
information about anything in
this world.
Circulation Section
You can find books that
contains the general
collection of books, fiction
and nonfiction, which the
students can borrow for home
use.
Periodical Section
You can find here magazines,
newspapers and journals.
Filipiniana section
You can find books authored by
Filipinos
Other sources of information
Thesis and Dissertation
Thesis
refers to a scholarly or
academic research
of either an undergraduate
or master’s degree.
Dissertation
refers to a scholarly work
of a doctoral student.
Interviews
Interviewing a resource person
who is an expert in a specific
field is another way of
getting an accurate and
reliable information.
Museum
Primary Sources
these are original materials
that were produced during a
particular period in
history.
relics, artifacts,
recordings
Secondary Sources
these are documents made
after an event has occurred.
Internet
Researching information over
the internet is easier and
convenient than going to a
library.
The search engine
it is a website through whichever
users can search internet content
program capable of searching
document in the web using
specific keywords
Useful url information
URL = uniform resource locator
Www.disused.edu.ph
“edu” stands for an educational
institution
Www.cob.gov.ph
“gov” represents government
agencies
Www.openrights.org
“org” pertains to an
organization
Www.trc.edu.ph
the ending two-letter code
refers to the country where the
website is located
# = label your content
Finding sources of information in a book
Table of Contents
It is usually headed simply
Contents and abbreviated
informally as TOC, is a list,
usually found on a page before
the start of a written work, of
its chapter or section titles
or brief descriptions with
their commencing page numbers.
 Index
It is a list of words or
phrases and associated
pointers to where useful
material relating to that
heading can be found in a
document or collection of
documents.
list of words arranged
alphabetically
Glossary
It also known as a vocabulary
or clavis, is an alphabetical
list of terms in a particular
domain of knowledge with the
definitions for those terms.
end of the book
Bibliography
it is a list of all of the
sources you have used (whether
referenced or not) in the
process of researching your
work.
list of authors ; resources
Proper citation of sources of information
APA (American Psychological Association)
The APA (American
Psychological Association)
style requires two elements:
in-text citations throughout
your assignment, and a
reference list at the end.
Ex: Duncan, G. J., & Brooks-
Gunn, J. (Eds.). (1997).
Consequences of growing up
poor. New York, NY:
Russell Sage Foundation.
1. Throughout the text: In-text citations
Include information about a source within the text of your
assignment:
the name of the author or authors
the year of publication
the page number (see below for further information).
Citations may be placed at the end of a sentence before the
concluding punctuation in brackets.
Paraphrase of the source in your own words
Encouraging students to memorise information and then
testing their memory has been a consistent criterion of
pedagogy (Broudy, 1998).
Broudy (1998, p. 8) explains that memorisation does not
result in an ability to solve problems.
Quotation (exact words from the source)
Broudy (1998, p. 9) argues that “on the common criteria for
schooling, our sample citizen has failed because he cannot
replicate the necessary skill or apply the relevant
principles”.
2. At the end: References
At the end of the text, include a list of references; a single list
of all the sources of information you have cited in your
assignment. Begin the reference list on a new page and title it
“References”. Centre the title on the page. Each entry should
have a hanging indent. Each list item requires specific
bibliographic information.
For example, in the case of a book, ‘bibliographical details’
refers to: author/editor, year of publication, title, edition,
place of publication and publisher, as found in the title pages
(some details will vary).
Wolpe, A. (1988). Within school walls. London, England: Routledge.
Woods, C. & Griffiths, A. (1995). The real McCoy. Design World,
12(3), 2-13.
List each item in alphabetical order (by author surname). Titles
should be in italics. All of the references included in the list
must also be cited in the text.
CMS (Chicago Manual of Style)
The Chicago Manual of
Style, currently in its
16th edition, was created
to help researchers
properly cite their
sources. There are two
types of referencing styles
in Chicago:
1) Notes and Bibliography
literature, history,
arts
 2) Author-Date. Plagiarism
social sciences It is the use of another's
work without giving proper
Ex: Faulkner, William. credit.
Absalom, Absalom!. New York:
Vintage Books, 1990. Copyright
It protects the owner, who can
Creating a Bibliography in Chicago Style be an author, or publisher, of
The bibliography is a list of all the sources used in the paper. The list
includes the important publication details of the sources. The his exclusive legal rights for
bibliography must also follow this format: the use and distribution of an
The citation list or bibliography must be single spaced. original work.
The last names of the authors must be arranged alphabetically.
The second line of the source must be indented.
After 50 years of death,
MLA (Modern Language Association) copyright will be expired
literary works
Intellectual Property
It is a system for documenting It is a category of property
sources in scholarly writing. that includes intangible
creations of the human
For over half a century, it intellect.
has been widely adopted for
classroom instruction and used Public Domain
throughout the world by It refers to creative
scholars, journal publishers, materials that are not
and academic and commercial protected by intellectual
presses. property laws such as
copyright, trademark, or
Ex: Gleick,James. Chaos: Making patent laws. The public owns
a New Science. New York: these works, not an individual
Penguin, 1987. Print. author or artist.

Identifying relevant information Anyone can use a public domain

Printed materials work without obtaining
authors profiles permission, but no one can
ever own it.
Films
Fair Use
profiles of director and It is a legal exemption to the
scriptwriter exclusive rights of copyright
holders. It is determined on a
Interviews case-by-case basis and is
experts about the topic; who based on a consideration of
have actual experience the following four factors:
1. The purpose and character
Ethical use of information of the use (including
Citation whether it is trans
A researcher use citation to formative, commercial,
inform the readers that non-profit, or
certain texts or ideas on his educational)
work came from another source. 2. The nature of the
copyrighted work
3. The amount of the portion to be
used

4. The effect upon the potential

market for the copyrighted work