Big6™ Skills
and
Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Learning
(ACRL, 2016)

from ACRL: Association of College and Research Libraries

Big6™ Skill	Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education
1. Task Definition	formulate questions for research deal with complex research by breaking complex questions into simple ones, limiting the scope of investigations determine the initial scope of the task required to meet their information needs
2. Information Seeking Strategies	seek multiple perspectives during information gathering utilize divergent and convergent thinking when searching use research tools and indicators of authority to determine the credibility of sources
3. Location and Access	match information needs and search strategies to appropriate search tools design and refine needs and search strategies as necessary understand how information systems are organized in order to access relevant information
4. Use of Information	organize information in meaningful ways give credit to the original ideas of others through proper attribution and citation
5. Synthesis	synthesize ideas gathered from multiple sources draw reasonable conclusions based on the analysis and interpretation of information
6. Evaluation	Value

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