Category: Information Literacy
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Critical Thinking: Red Herring
Time to talk about critical thinking again! Let’s talk about red herrings! What is a red herring? Well, there are two ways to think about it. A red herring in a story (a play, movie, novel, etc.), usually in a mystery or thriller plot, is a misleading clue. It’s a device used to distract the…
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Google Fu: Get the best out of your search
Today I’m going to talk about that ubiquitous search engine: Google. Let’s face it, most people use it for nearly all their online searching (it is by far the most popular search engine: as in around 86% of all desktop searches in December 2021, and 3.5 billion searches daily). So let’s take a look at…
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Lateral Reading: What is it, and why should I do it?
In this digital age, information literacy is critical to the skillset that anyone should have. How to find information, and perhaps even more importantly, how to evaluate information online is crucial. Remember how “Fake News” became a byword not that many years ago? A lot of librarians teach this aspect of information literacy with checklist…
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