This course helps students develop essential information literacy skills necessary for lifelong learning. Students will explore topics related to psychological, cultural, sociological, cognitive, and physiological impacts of living in an information society, such as the digital divide, intellectual freedom, health effects of internet use, information overload, and online privacy. They will learn to effectively retrieve information sources and use criteria to evaluate them for academic and personal use.

The course teaches the tools needed for college level research through the use of academic databases, print resources and the web.

The course will introduce students to research tools available in the Open and Deep Web for academic and personal use.

This course teaches students strategies for evaluating information sources for academic and personal use.