Agriculture to Zoology: Information Literacy in the Life Sciences

Agriculture to Zoology: Information Literacy in the Life Sciences sets the stage for purposefully integrating information literacy activities within the subject-specific content of the life sciences. The book is written for librarians and other professionals who teach information literacy skills, especially those in the science disciplines, and most especially the life sciences. It is also intended to be helpful to secondary school teachers, college faculty who teach life science-related subjects, library school students, and others interested in information literacy and science education. Anyone wanting to learn more about the Earth’s life sciences, from citizen to scientist, will benefit as well.

The book’s seven chapters fill a gap with varying perspectives of literacy instruction in the life sciences and include resources identified by academic librarians as important for use in subject-specific research in higher education. Contributors are longtime specialists in the fields of the life sciences, science and information literacy, scientific and electronic communication, assessment, and more, including Arctic and Antarctic information.

Specialized focus on information literacy in the life science disciplines, rather than information literacy in generalDiscussion of library instruction, featuring methods, tools, and assignments to engage students in different areas of the life sciencesChapters on specific life science subjects highlight traditional as well as non-traditional sources

1. Introduction to Information Literacy in the Life Sciences 2. Scientific Literacy 3. Designing Information Literacy Instruction for the Life Sciences 4. Agriculture and Plant Sciences Information Literacy 5. Marine and Aquatic Sciences Information Literacy 6. Polar (Arctic and Antarctic) Sciences Information Literacy 7. Zoological and Animal Sciences Information Literacy