(E-Library - Continued from Page 5) Britannica Online and Other Databases - This workshop will let you sample some of the electronic resources now available for general or advanced searching. The demonstrations will include, in addition to the Britannica Online, Current Contents Connect, a tool for reviewing the current literature of a subject field. EBSCO Online a product designed to explore electronic publications exclusively. The American Chemical Society Journals will appeal to those in the sciences. Finally there will be an opportunity to look at any trial database products which may be under review at the time of the workshop. Workshop Schedule Wednesdays from 12:00 to 1:30 Library Classroom. Lexis-Nexis - April 14 Web Basics - April 21 InfoTrac - April 28 FirstSearch - May 5 Britannica Online - May 12 Each presentation should last about an hour with time left for practice and experimentation. To register please contact Jane Devine at extension 5415.

(One Easy Lesson - Continued from Page 1) The student will demonstrate increased ability to: conduct research using the library and other available resources; organize and interpret research information accurately and logically; use information based on research to support, a thesis, topic or issue: and communicate research information clearly in written, spoken and/or graphic form. (We Celebrate potential! LaGuardia Community College 1998/99 Catalog, p. 95) The American Library Association defines information literacy as follows: To be information literate an individual must recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate and use effectively the information needed...Ultimately information literate people are those who have learned how to learn. They know how to learn because they know how information is organized, how to find information, and how to use information in such a way that others can learn from them. American Library Association Presidential Committee on Information Literacy. Final Report. (Chicago, IL: American Library Association, 1989), p. 1. Big order, isn’t it? LaGuardia's third "Common Goal" proposes nothing less than to produce graduates who "have learned how to learn." Of course, all of education, indeed all of life experience, contribute to the information literacy of an individual. However, the much-discussed (Continued on next page)