The document provides information about the media center services at LWIT & LWTHS, including operating hours, available resources like books, magazines, and technology, and media specialist contact information. It also discusses searching for information online, evaluating sources, ethical use of information, plagiarism, and citation styles. Interactive elements ask readers questions about their research, source evaluation, and information use habits.

2. Your Turn! How often do you read for pleasure (i.e., not for school or work)? A. Daily B. Every other day C. Once a week D. Once a month E. Rarely, if ever Credit to JBrd on Flickr

8. Understanding …. Search, Plagiarism, Cites

10. Your Turn! You are looking for information online. What website do you usually use for find that information? A. Google B. Yahoo C. Ask D. Wikipedia E. Another website Credit to factoryjoe on Flickr

11. Searching… Credit to Pierre Pouliquin on Flickr Where, oh where, does that information hide? Keywords & concepts Search engines Online databases

12. Searching… Credit to Mark Shandro on Flickr Sometimes…. what you are looking for is not where you expect it !

13. Your Turn! What do you consider when evaluating a website? A. Author’s Qualifications B. Objectivity (non-bias) C. Date of Publication D. Other Links to/from E. Publisher (.com, .edu) Credit to atanas on Flickr

14. Evaluating… How good is the information? POP! Valid sources? Check it out! Evaluation Wizard Credit to tagon on Flickr

22. Your Turn! What is Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia ? A. Plagiarized B. Not Plagiarized A. Plagiarized B. Not Plagiarized A. Plagiarized B. Not Plagiarized

25. References Beck, Susan. (1997). Evaluation Criteria. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: or, Why It’s a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources . Retrieved March 23, 2007 from http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html Illinois Math and Science Academy. (2007). 21 st Century Information Fluency Project . Retrieved June 11, 2007 from http://21cif.imsa.edu/ Plagiarism Today. (2007). Plagiarism . Retrieved March 25, 2007, from iParadigms,LLC Web site: http:// www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism.html