Abstract
Information literacy has long been understood in a broad context as the ability to evaluate information and select it based on the quality and trustworthiness thereof. However, trust still seems to be an underestimated phenomenon that urgently requires more attention.
Recent developments have made us realize that users may not consider information to be credible, unless it meets a theoretical set of criteria anchored in the definition of quality information. The decisive factor that leads either to the acceptance, or the rejection, of information is "trust".
If information professionals are to execute their fundamental role as information mediators successfully, they must thoroughly understand this phenomenon in order to become trusted members of the "social bubbles" of those that come from different social groups and classes. This literature review examines the extent to which trust has been researched from the perspective of information science.
The prime resources were the LISA, LISTA and LISS databases used during the time period: 2007-2016.