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Information literacy, the ability to locate, evaluate and use information from a variety of sources, is one of the most important skills you will acquire during your college experience.

It ties in to GCC's Core Competencies as well:
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  • Critical Thinking and Information Literacy: The ability to access, analyze, synthesize, evaluate, and apply information from a variety of sources to make sound decisions.
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  • Computer/Technological Literacy: The ability to use technology for research, information processing, and communication.

The WebQuest Projects listed below are an alternative assignment to the Information Literacy Workbook and will expose students to doing research using Web Catalogs (OPACs), Online Databases for finding periodical and newspaper articles, Websites, and even some print resources located in the Library. WebQuests are inquiry-oriented activities engaging students to analyze, criticize, and assess the information they find. This Website has been developed as part of the COM101 English Composition classes to teach information literacy skills and ultimately promote lifelong learning among the students attending GCC.

Another Information Literacy Assignment is writing or revising an article for Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. To view some sample projects undertaking in a COM101 class