Information Literacy

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This Test Key: YWMNSQ

Your Student Key: 530618

February 7, 2021

Threshold Achievement Test for Information Literacy Your Results Today you completed the Strategic Searching test. Your results indicate that because you are familiar with the Web, you probably do most of your searches there unless your professor requires you to use your library's tools and shows you which ones to use. You make the best of the results you get but you might have trouble knowing how to change your search to get better results if you are not satisfied with what you find the first time.

Personal recommendations to strengthen your strategic searching:

Experiment with your library's databases the next time you need information.

Practice breaking your research topics and questions into keywords and use the results you get to identify additional words that might improve your searches.

Ask for guidance from professors and librarians about how to effectively search.

When research is difficult, students at your level usually accept what they get from familiar research tools and strategies. If that is true for you, it is likely that you are not exploring the full range of high-quality information that is available to you through your library.

Personal recommendations for strengthening your dispositions:

• Start setting aside time during your research for trial- and-error, particularly to use library tools that are new to you, so that you continue to increase your familiarity with different search strategies. This will give you confidence that you have the strategies you need to meet the demands of college-level research and writing.