Definitions of Information Literacy on the Web:

• Several conceptions and definitions of information literacy have become prevalent. For example, one conception defines information literacy in ...
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_literacy

• "Information literacy is the ability to identify what information is needed and the ability to locate, evaluate, and use information in ...
  www.tarleton.edu/~lilly/B.htm

• The skills necessary to locate, access, and use information in today’s society.
  www.usd.edu/library/instruction/glossary.shtml

• Skill in locating and evaluating information. The term literacy was originally, and is most often, applied to written communication; however, it ...
  www.thelighthouseforeducation.co.uk/literacy/secondarystrategy/improvingreading/IMP/files/HTML/l/glossary.htm