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Descriptor English: Information Literacy
Descriptor Spanish: Alfabetización Informacional
Descriptor alfabetización en información
Entry term(s) alfabetización en materia de información
competencias en materia de información
conocimientos básicos en información
conocimientos en información
conocimientos en materia de información
desarrollo de habilidades informativas
Scope note: Capacidad para reconocer cuándo se necesita información y para encontrar, evaluar y utilizar la información necesaria de manera eficaz.
Descriptor Portuguese: Competência em Informação
Descriptor French: Compétence informationnelle
Entry term(s): Information Literacies
Literacies, Information
Literacy, Information
Tree number(s): L01.143.450
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D058980
Scope note: The ability to recognize when information is needed and to locate, evaluate, and use the needed information effectively.
Allowable Qualifiers: HI history
Previous Indexing: Computer Literacy (1991-2010)
Information Storage and Retrieval (1996-2010)
Public MeSH Note: 2011
History Note: 2011
Related: Computer Literacy MeSH
Information Seeking Behavior MeSH
DeCS ID: 54383
Unique ID: D058980
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2011/01/01
Date of Entry: 2010/06/25
Information Literacy - Preferred
Concept UI M0545605
Scope note The ability to recognize when information is needed and to locate, evaluate, and use the needed information effectively.
Preferred term Information Literacy
Entry term(s) Information Literacies
Literacies, Information
Literacy, Information



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