Starting Smart

InfoQuest is a six-module, interactive tutorial designed to help you improve your skills in locating, evaluating, and effectively using needed information.

Each module takes approximately 15-20 minutes to complete and includes a list of key concepts and skills you should learn as well as a quiz.

Consult your InfoQuest information sheet for quiz due dates.

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Module 1.  This module covers types of information sources you can use for your topic.

When you have completed this section of InfoQuest you should be able to:

  • identify a variety of information sources
  • identify services and resources available in the library
  • identify characteristics of popular and scholarly resources
  • identify characteristics of primary and secondary sources
  • identify characteristics of information on the Web
  • identify characteristics of library resources
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Updated 2008. Original InfoQuest material © 2005 developed by Townsend Memorial Library at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.   InfoQuest incorporates original material from Searchpath, © 2001-2002 by the Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University and is also based upon original material from INFLITE © by the Board of Trustees of Indiana University. INFLITE and Searchpath incorporate material from TILT, a tutorial developed by the Digital Information Literacy Office for the University of Texas System Digital Library, © 1998-2004. This material may be reproduced, distributed, or incorporated only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the InfoQuest Open Publication License.