Information literacy is a set of skills or the ability of an individual to recognize when information

is needed along with its methods of gaining that information in a manner that is efficient
allowing for effective use of said information (McClure, 2011). This is an important form of
literacy especially in the form of research, knowing when information to back findings or claims
is critical when researching as it allows for an effective explanation of one's thought and gives a
sense of depth to the research. This literacy is also very important when it comes to finding
sources, and or credible pieces of media to include in your research these abilities allow you to
find which one fits your need best in a timely and effective manner. Establishing Source
credibility is an integral part of the research, it provides foundations for your evidence to sit on to
properly introduce background information to credibility and trust with the reader (Warrington et
al, 2023). This created trust within your readers will allow the information that you explain and
describe to be much more impactful as they understand that this information is coming from
someone reliable and an experiment that has been tested multiple times rather than a Wikipedia
page anyone could have written.
The concepts of pathos, logos, and ethos are that they are the rhetorical appeals that we as writers
use when targeting our audience to get our point across and provide a valid argument. These
three appeals all target different things logos appeals to the audience's reason by building logical
arguments and reasoning, pathos targets the emotional aspect of the audience through the use of
emotions to evoke a response or reaction from them, and lastly, ethos is the use of your
credibility to appeal your argument to the audience this can done through the use of authority to
get the audience to trust them (Losh & Canon, n.d). Wikipedia can be seen as the starting point
for your ideas, it is a place for you to begin building a set of terms and ideas that you need to
research with other sources, rather than looking at it as a place to get information but more as a
tool that can help you develop your ideas and create a whole set of new ones (Purdy, 2010).