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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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2013
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ993998 |
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- Critical Information Literacy beyond the University: Lessons from Service in a Women's Health Interest Group Fountain, Kathleen Carlisle Females Information Literacy Library Instruction Case Studies Health Programs Information Services Information Sources Advocacy Information Management Critical Literacy Educational Opportunities Formative Evaluation Library Research Institutional Characteristics Operations Research Scientific and Technical Information Library instruction methods most frequently focus on teaching students searching skills to navigate the maze of library databases to locate appropriate research materials. The current theory of critical information literacy instruction calls on librarians to spend more of their time in the classroom focused on understanding the social, political, and cultural construction of knowledge. In this article, the author provides a case study of the information environment in the National Women's Health Network, a women's health interest group, to help librarians facilitate nuanced discussions with students on the applicability of interest group literature inside and outside of the university classroom.