APPLY YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Now that you are more familiar with the five steps to information literacy, imagine that you have been given this research and writing assignment:

We have been discussing how various writers and artists responded to the stark realities of the Spanish Civil War. Haunted by a dark premonition, the surrealist painter Salvador Dali created Soft Construction with Bolled Beans six months before the conflict even started. Another artist, Pablo Picasso, painted an $11-$foot$-$tall and $25-$foot$-$wide mural entitled Guernica, which depicts the bombing of a small town in the Basque countryside. In a paper of no fewer than seven and no more than ten pages, discuss these two artists and their reactions to the Spanish Civil War.

Remember what you learned about the first step in the process of information literacy. Consider this assignment, and select the question that will set you on the best path in terms of research.

What information do I need?

What should I communicate to inform or persuade?

Where can I find the information I need?