Information Literacy

Tutorials

Acadia University in Nova Scotia have created a number of interactive tutorials to help you improve your information literacy skills: 

  • Credible Sources Count!
    Teaches you how to evaluate the information they find on the web.
  • Research It Right!
    Describes the steps of the research process from finding a topic to the final product.
  • Searching With Success!
    Teaches you better approaches for searching the web. The tutorial also provides an introduction to the difference between the ‘surface web’ and the ‘deep web’.
  • You Quote It, You Note It!
    Teaches you the basics of avoiding plagiarism by learning why, when, and how to cite information sources.