TUGASAN / ASSIGNMENT (70%)

SEMESTER JANUARY 2023

KOD SUBJEK : UCS105

TAJUK SUBJEK : INFORMATION LITERACY & RESEARCH SKILLS

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PERINGKAT : IJAZAH SARJANA MUDA / BACHELOR

NAMA PELAJAR :

NOMBOR MATRIK :

PROGRAM :

FASILITATOR AKADEMIK :

PUSAT PEMBELAJARAN :

ARAHAN KEPADA PELAJAR

1) Answer ALL questions/Jawab SEMUA soalan.

2) Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Student must submit this assignment to the Turnitin link
that has been prepared. Action will be taken on students found to have committed
plagiarism/Plagiat adalah dilarang sama sekali. Pelajar harus menghantar tugasan ini ke
pautan Turnitin yang telah disediakan. Tindakan akan diambil ke atas pelajar yang
dibuktikan melakukan plagiat.

3) This assignment carries 70% from the overall marks of this subject/Tugasan ini membawa
70% dari jumlah keseluruhan markah gred akhir.

4) Please read the instructions carefully/Sila baca arahan dengan teliti.

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5) This assignmet must be submitted BEFORE or BY 3 APRIL 2023/Tugasan ini mesti

dihantar SEBELUM atau PADA 3 APRIL 2023

THERE ARE SEVEN (7) PRINTED PAGES, INCLUDING THIS PAGE/TERDAPAT TUJUH (7)
HALAMAN BERCETAK, TERMASUK HALAMAN INI
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS.
QUESTION 1
a) Define the Information Literacy by American Library Association (2006).
b) Discuss four (4) importance of Information Literacy in community.
[10 Marks]

QUESTION 2
Define the following:
a) Media literacy
b) Computer literacy
c) Information path
d) Plagiarism
e) Bibliography
[10 Marks]

QUESTION 3
a) Elaborate three (3) categories of Information Resources.
b) List down two (2) examples for each category of Information Resources.
[10 Marks]

QUESTION 4
Topic: How to develop an Information Literacy programme in community.

Instructions:
1. Go to the AeU Knowledge Centre (Library) portal at http://library.aeu.edu.my/
2. Use ‘ONE SEARCH’ to search journal article/book/magazine/news from the Library
database i.e. ProQuest, Emerald, EBSCOhost, Sage, etc
3. Download, read and understand the article.
4. Write up must be in essay format.
5. Your write up must include in-text citations and anotated bibliography using the
American Psychological Association (APA) 7th edition referencing style for all
references.
[10 Marks]

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QUESTION 5
Evaluate five (5) different Information Sources based on five (5) evaluation criteria:
Currency; Relevance; Authority; Accuracy and Purpose.

Instructions:
1. Go to the AeU Knowledge Centre (Library) portal at http://library.aeu.edu.my/
2. Use Library databases i.e., ProQuest, Emerald, EBSCOhost, Sage, etc.
3. Find five (5) different sources (web, print, scholarly journals, magazines, etc) to be
evaluated.
4. Screenshot the the first page of all information sources.
5. Evaluate five (5) sources and describe your processes for finding and evaluating the
sources.
6. Explain why each source passed evaluation or was rejected.
7. Write the annotated bibliography using APA 7th edition.
[20 Marks]

QUESTION 6
American Psychological Association (APA): Referencing style.

a) Write the correct APA 7th edition referencing style for the information in Figure A.

Title: Information literacy competence in curtailing fake news about the COVID-19 pandemic among
undergraduates in Nigeria.
Journal title: Reference Services Review
Authors: Magnus Osahon Igbinovia; Omorodion Okuonghae; John Oluwaseye Adebayo.
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited.
Volume: 49
Number: 1
Year of publiation: 2021
Pagination: 3-18
Doi: 10.1108/RSR-06-2020-0037
Figure A
[5 Marks]

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b) Describe in detail two (2) ways to avoid plagiarism when preparing your academic
writings.
[5 Marks]

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VERSI BAHASA MALAYSIA

JAWAB SEMUA SOALAN

SOALAN 1
a) Nyatakan definisi Literasi Maklumat menurut Persatuan Perpustakaan Amerika (2006).
b) Bincangkan empat (4) kepentingan Literasi Maklumat kepada komuniti.
[10 Markah]

SOALAN 2
Nyatakan definisi bagi perkataan-perkataan di bawah:
a) Literasi media
b) Literasi komputer
c) Information path
d) Plagiat
e) Bibliografi
[10 Marks]

SOALAN 3
a) Huraikan tiga (3) kategori sumber maklumat.

b) Senaraikan dua (2) contoh bagi setiap kategori sumber maklumat.

[10 Marks]

SOALAN 4
Topik: Bagaimana membangunkan program Literasi Maklumat dalam komuniti.

Arahan:
1. Layari laman sesawang Pusat Sumber AeU dia http://library.aeu.edu.my

2. Gunakan ‘ONE SEARCH’ untuk mencari artikel jurnal/buku/majalah/berita daripada

pangkalan data Pusat Sumber AeU contohnya ProQuest, Emerald, EBSCOhost, Sage
dan sebagainya.

3. Muat turun, baca dan fahami artikel.

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 4. Penulisan mestilah di dalam bentuk esei.

5. Sila sertakan sitasi di dalam teks dan sertakan sumber rujukan dengan menggunakan
gaya APA edisi ke-7 untuk kesemua bahan rujukan.

[10 Markah]

SOALAN 5
Nilaikan lima (5) Sumber Maklumat yang berbeza berdasarkan lima (5) kriteria penilaian
seperti kekinian, kaitan, kekuasaan, ketepatan dan tujuan.

Arahan:
1. Layari laman sesawang Pusat Sumber AeU dia http://library.aeu.edu.my

2. Gunakan pengkalan data Pusat Sumber Aeu seperti ProQuest, Emerald, EBSCOhost,
Sage dan sebagainya.

3. Cari lima (5) sumber maklumat yang berbeza (laman sesawang, buku, jurnal ilmiah,
majalah dan sebagainya) untuk dinilai.

4. Lampirkan skrin halaman pertama bagi kesemua sumber maklumat.

5. Nilaikan lima (5) sumber dan huraikan proses pencarian sumber maklumat anda dan
nilaikan kesemua sumber maklumat tersebut.

6. Terangkan mengapa setiap sumber maklumat lulus penilaian atau ditolak.

7. Sila sertakan sumber rujukan mengikut APA edisi ke-7.

[20 Markah]

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SOALAN 6
American Psychological Association (APA): Gaya Rujukan.

a) Tuliskan gaya rujukan APA edisi ke-7 yang betul bagi maklumat dalam Rajah A.
Tajuk: Information literacy competence in curtailing fake news about the COVID-19 pandemic among
undergraduates in Nigeria.
Tajuk Jurnal: Reference Services Review
Penulis: Magnus Osahon Igbinovia; Omorodion Okuonghae; John Oluwaseye Adebayo.
Penerbit: Emerald Publishing Limited.
Jilid: 49
Nombor: 1
Tahun penerbitan : 2021
Muka surat: 3-18
Doi: 10.1108/RSR-06-2020-0037
Figure A
[5 Marks]

b) Terangkan secara terperinci dua (2) cara untuk mengelakkan plagiat semasa
menyediakan penulisan akademik.

[5 Markah]

END OF ASSIGNMENT QUESTION/SOALAN TUGASAN TAMAT

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