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Know What You Do Not Know: Information Literacy for PhD Students
The University of Google. ChatGPT. Twitter pile-ons. How do we manage chaos and crises, confusion and catastrophes? How do we understand the difference between the urgent and important, the trivial and significant?
Information literacy is about as attractive as teeth extraction. However, for PhD students and citizens more generally, information literacy enables us to sift and sort knowledge from opinion, and expertise from a vibe.
Know What You Do Not Information Literacy for PhD Students provides a context around the folk devils of our plagiarism, self-plagiarism, influencers and populists. Most importantly, Know What You Do Not Know demonstrates how to take notes, how to reference with clarity, and how to build an opinion into a referenced and considered argument.
Information literacy is about as attractive as teeth extraction. However, for PhD students and citizens more generally, information literacy enables us to sift and sort knowledge from opinion, and expertise from a vibe.
Know What You Do Not Information Literacy for PhD Students provides a context around the folk devils of our plagiarism, self-plagiarism, influencers and populists. Most importantly, Know What You Do Not Know demonstrates how to take notes, how to reference with clarity, and how to build an opinion into a referenced and considered argument.
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Published April 21, 2023
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Tara Brabazon
41 books498 followersI am the Professor of Cultural Studies at Flinders University. I have written 22 books, 11 audiobooks, over 350 refereed articles and book chapters, and over 600 research outputs. I have podcasted since 2008 and vlogged since 2016.
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September 10, 2023
Dr. Brabazon has done it again. If you see me on the streets and notice I look a bit brighter, it's because she has continued to enlighten me. I've learned so much from her about academics, pedagogy, andragogy, the experience of being a PhD student, the art of using humor, and much more.
In this audiobook, she delves into information literacy, defined as "the capacity to acquire the skills to learn." The book elucidates various literacies, emphasizes the importance of using appropriate sources, explains why references are crucial, describes multimodality, and discusses other vital elements of working with sources during our PhD journeys.
As a huge Beatles (and Rush) fan, I was thrilled to see her mention one of her works concerning the visual history of the Beatles. I'll need to track that down sometime.
I highly recommend it!
Thank you, Tara, for another amazing resource!
V
In this audiobook, she delves into information literacy, defined as "the capacity to acquire the skills to learn." The book elucidates various literacies, emphasizes the importance of using appropriate sources, explains why references are crucial, describes multimodality, and discusses other vital elements of working with sources during our PhD journeys.
As a huge Beatles (and Rush) fan, I was thrilled to see her mention one of her works concerning the visual history of the Beatles. I'll need to track that down sometime.
I highly recommend it!
Thank you, Tara, for another amazing resource!
V
November 17, 2025
A rousing guide to good PhD cleanliness and ways to consider your work to ensure precision of knowledge bit in writing praxis and through information management.
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