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Understanding the field of critical information literacy: a descriptive analysis of scientific articles

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of critical perspectives in information literacy whose importance has been recognized by a number of authors in the field. This paper is a preliminary report on a research project that aims to describe the field of critical information literacy (CIL) based on a comprehensive descriptive statistical analysis of the qualities of CIL literature. The analysis was undertaken on a sample of 102 full-text scientific and professional articles. The sample was created based on a preliminary analysis of Google Scholar, SCOPUS and WOS databases. The authors present findings on the established authorship, publication and research patterns in the field.

critical information literacy; qualitative; quantitative; literature analysis; scientific articles

Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 552