You’ve finished Introduction to Information Literacy — well done. Here’s a quick recap to lock it in, and the best places to go next.

What you’ve learned

Across five lessons, you explored:

• What is Information Literacy? — the core idea and why it matters more than memorising facts.
• Information Needs Analysis — working out exactly what you need before you search.
• Finding Information — choosing the right tool and building a focused search.
• Evaluating Sources — judging authority, accuracy, currency, and bias.
• Ethical Use of Information — citation, copyright, and academic integrity.

Make it stick

Pick one real task this week — an assignment, a decision, a question that’s been nagging you — and run it through the whole cycle: define the need, search well, evaluate what you find, and use it honestly.

Where to go next

If you enjoyed this course, these are the natural next steps:

• Academic Research Fundamentals — put these skills to work across a full research project.
• Evaluating Information Sources — go deeper on judging what you read.

And the rest of the FRELIP toolkit is always there to put your new skills to work:

• Discovery search — find books and articles.
• Research guides — curated starting points by subject.
• Open-access journal feeds — keep current.
• All FRELIP courses — browse the full catalogue.

This courseware is provided free by FRELIP. Original text released under CC BY 4.0; linked resources remain under their own licences. Curated by the FRELIP Open Courseware editorial team.