Composition ISeptember 5, 2013

Tonight’s AgendaWriting Center/MySkillsLab (guest)Information Literacy

Validity in the academic worldValidity in the outside world

Library OrientationPlagiarism

TurnItIn originality reports, similarity indexesHow to do this week’s homework

Information LiteracyHow do you decide what information is

credible?Credibility = believabilitySkills involved in judging credibility:

Knowing how structures, procedures, and institutions control information

Staying aware of clues within sources that help you judge their credibility

Cross-referencing information among multiple sources

Information LiteracyReal world examples of decision-making

challenges related to credibilityhttp://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/http://martinlutherking.org/http://

www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=576074

http://www.snopes.com/photos/politics/martin.asp

Information LiteracyThe academic world uses credentials,

institutional affiliation, prestige, and the peer review system as guides to credibility.

Peer review example: http://www.editorialmanager.com/ncteej/

Library Linkucl.broward.eduIt’s also on the blog