Science Information Literacy

Science Information Literacy or Information Literacy in the Sciences refers to understanding and being comfortable using different sources of information in the sciences, both academic and popular, in various formats including print and online.

ACRL Information Literacy Standards for Science and Engineering/Technology

These standards provide guidance for information literacy instruction in science and technology disciplines. Sometimes these disciplines are grouped together for convenience and called STEM: science, technology, engineering and mathematics. A revision of these Standards is underway to align them with the new Framework for Information Literacy.

Data Information Literacy

This important resource provides information about new and fast-growing field in information science that involves data management. With the exponential growth of data available online it is an especially valuable material that can provide help in many research projects.