The reading on Ilene Clarke encapsulated the major issued of Information Literacy. One major factor is that the students for not know how to search for appropriate topics and credible sources. I had struggled my first year of college because I was not well versed on how to search on the internet for online journals. My English teachers in high school had taught me how to use books as sources... We did not have readily available access to computers.
I had a lot of anxiety over online sources... I would ask myself "which ones are good? Which ones apply? Will I be able to stare at the screen and scan?" With Professor Gibbon's presentation, it was informative and I believe every freshman student should have an orientation to computer search of online databases. He made the search process very easy, and I learned new easy to search for articles on how to use the asterisk (*) and phrases to narrow my searches and make them specific. If his "tutorial" on online use for journal searches were available to students it would be beneficial for them because most don't have a clue about online searches. Students will be on their way to become an informational literate person if they have the starting point to build upon.
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