INFORMATION NOW: A GRAPHIC GUIDE TO STUDENT RESEARCH
Book ID/图书代码： 13560015B85084
English Summary/英文概要： Every day researchers face an onslaught of irrelevant, inaccurate, and sometimes insidious information. While new technologies provide powerful tools for accessing knowledge, not all information is created equal. Valuable information may be tucked away on a shelf, buried on the hundredth page of search results, or hidden behind digital barriers. With so many obstacles to effective research, it is vital that higher education students master the art of inquiry.
Information Now is an innovative approach to information literacy that will reinvent the way college students think about research. Instead of the typical textbook format, it uses illustrations, humor, and reflective exercises to teach students how to become savvy researchers. Students will learn how to evaluate information, to incorporate it into their existing knowledge base, to wield it effectively, and to understand the ethical issues surrounding its use. Written by two library professionals, it incorporates concepts and skills drawn from the Association of College and Research Libraries’ Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education and their Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Thoroughly researched and highly engaging, Information Now offers the tools that students need to become powerful consumers and creators of information.
Whether used by a high school student tackling a big paper, an undergrad facing the newness of a university library, or a writer wanting to go beyond Google, Information Now is a powerful tool for any researcher’s arsenal.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 每一天，研究人员都面临着不相关的、不准确的、甚至有时是危险的信息的冲击。虽然新技术提供了访问知识的强大工具，但不是所有信息都是被平等创造的。有价值的信息可能被藏在架子上，埋藏在搜索结果第一百页，或隐藏在数字障碍中。有效研究有这么多障碍，所以高等教育学生掌握查询的能力至关重要。
《现代信息》是信息素养的一种创新方法，将彻底改变大学生看待研究的方式。本书不是典型的教科书形式，它使用插图、幽默和反射练习来教学生如何成为精明的研究人员。学生将学习如何评估信息，如何把它纳入现有的知识基础，如何有效地利用它，并了解其使用方面的伦理问题。由两位图书专业人士撰写，它借鉴了大学协会和研究图书馆的高等教育信息素养能力标准，以及他们的信息素养教育框架的理念和技巧。深入研究和高度参与，《现代信息》提供了学生成为强大的消费者和信息的创造者所需的工具。
无论是被高中学生用来解决一个大问题，还是被本科生用来面对大学图书馆的新奇，或者被作家运用以超越谷歌，《现代信息》是任何研究人员的武器库的强大工具。（LNL）
Awards/获奖情况：“培养学生基本技能的有用指南”（图书馆杂志）
“非传统格式可能会容易被高中和大学学生吸收，有用的信息会让他们更好地成为专业的图书用户。”（书目）
“厄普森和霍尔作为指导馆员的经验确保《现代信息》呈现的信息素养是具有专业标准和做法的，而漫画家坎农滑稽、活泼的动画风格让读者进一步放心。让这本勇敢的图书馆员帮助引导学生穿过诸如信息过载，控制词汇，学术出版，深度网络和剽窃的沼泽。你不会后悔的。”（卡罗尔 L.蒂利，图书馆与信息科学研究所，伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校）
“《现代信息》是不知道正在等待什么的本科生，教师和图书馆员的研究指导。将漫画的乐趣和有用的知识结合起来，《现代信息》为新的研究人员在学术研究领域取得成功提供了视觉引导。我强烈建议图书馆员和教师使用它来帮助大学生以一种有意义、但超级有趣的方式积极参与研究过程。用漫画的形式来缓解学生进入学术研究的挑战世界的压力，作者创造了一个关于研究的最实质性，最易理解和娱乐的指南。
厄普森，霍尔和坎农可能无法用这本书拯救世界，但他们肯定是拯救了不堪重负的大学生面临第一次大学论文的理智。强烈推荐学术图书馆收藏该书，以及用于课堂教学。”（莉兹•希特龙，咨询馆员，太平洋路德大学）
"A useful guide to developing an essential skill for students."(Library Journal)
"The nontraditional format will likely draw in both high-school and college students, and the accessible information will set them well on their way toward becoming expert library users."(Booklist)
“Upson and Hall’s experience as instruction librarians ensures that Information Now’s presentation of information literacy aligns with professional standards and practices, while cartoonist Cannon’s wry, animated style serves to reassure readers. Let their intrepid librarian help guide your students through morasses such as information overload, controlled vocabulary, scholarly publishing, the deep Web, and plagiarism. You won’t regret it.”(Carol L. Tilley, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
"Information Now is the research guide undergrads, faculty, and librarians did not know they were waiting for. Combining the fun of comics with wit and useful knowledge, Information Now provides new researchers a visually engaging guide to succeed in the world of academic research. I highly recommend librarians and faculty use it to help undergraduates actively engage with the research process in a meaningful, yet super fun way. By using the comic format to ease undergrads into the challenging world of academic research, the authors have created one of the most relevant, accessible, and entertaining guides to research available.
Upson, Hall, and Cannon might not save the world with this book, but they are definitely saving the sanity of overwhelmed undergraduates facing their first college papers. Highly recommended for academic library collections and classroom instruction."(Lizz Zitron, instruction librarian, Pacific Lutheran University)
About the Author/作者介绍： 厄普森是美国俄克拉荷马州立大学的图书馆专业服务系的助理教授及主任。C.米迦勒•霍尔是一位作家、漫画家和演说家，他倡导在图书馆和教育环境中的漫画和图画小说，并创建图书馆视觉教具。凯文•坎农是许多教育和小说类图形文本的插图画家，包括《理解修辞：一种图形化的写作指南和哲学的动画导论》。
Matt Upson is assistant professor and director of library undergraduate services at Oklahoma State University. C. Michael Hall is a writer, cartoonist, and public speaker who advocates for comics and graphic novels in libraries and educational settings and creates visual aids for libraries. Kevin Cannon is the illustrator of numerous educational and fictional graphic texts, including Understanding Rhetoric: A Graphic Guide to Writing and The Cartoon Introduction to Philosophy.
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