This sample activity corresponds to a chapter in the upcoming (2022) ACRL title: Teaching Critical Reading Skills: Strategies for Academic Librarians.
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Posted on September 28, 2021
Author: Sala Shierling
Discipline: Psychology
Information Literacy Concepts: Uses Information (ACRL 4, SCONUL 7, ANZIL 5, ANCIL 8&9), Research as Inquiry (Frame 4), Searching as Strategic Exploration (Frame 6)
Posted on September 28, 2021
Author: Sala Shierling
This sample activity corresponds to a chapter in the upcoming (2022) ACRL title: Teaching Critical Reading Skills: Strategies for Academic Librarians.
Discipline: Psychology
Information Literacy Concepts: Information Has Value (Frame 3), Searching as Strategic Exploration (Frame 6)
Posted on September 8, 2021
Author: Nicole Hennig
Collaborators: Yvonne Mery
Use this virtual mind-map to focus a topic and generate keywords for searching.
Discipline: Communication Studies, English, History, Liberal Studies
Information Literacy Concepts: Defines Information Need (ACRL 1, SCONUL 1&2, ANZIL 1)
Posted on September 8, 2021
Author: Nicole Hennig
Collaborators: Yvonne Mery
Learn how to read a scholarly article and identify the parts.
Discipline: Communication Studies, English, History, Liberal Studies
Information Literacy Concepts: Defines Information Need (ACRL 1, SCONUL 1&2, ANZIL 1)
Posted on September 8, 2021
Author: Nicole Hennig
Collaborators: Yvonne Mery
It's important to credit others when you use parts of their work. Complete this tutorial to learn when and how to best give credit to the work of others.
Discipline: Communication Studies, English, History, Liberal Studies
Information Literacy Concepts: Information Has Value (Frame 3)
Posted on September 8, 2021
Author: Nicole Hennig
Collaborators: Yvonne Mery
Searching for information in library resources is often like exploring a new land. You often won’t find what you're looking for the first time you search. Complete this tutorial to learn strategies for rethinking your search for better results.
Discipline: Communication Studies, English, History, Liberal Studies
Information Literacy Concepts: Finds Information (ACRL 2, SCONUL 3&4, ANZIL 2&4, ANCIL 5)
Posted on September 8, 2021
Author: Nicole Hennig
Collaborators: Yvonne Mery
Library databases work differently from Google. Learn how to create a search strategy for these databases.
Discipline: Communication Studies, English, History, Liberal Studies
Information Literacy Concepts: Finds Information (ACRL 2, SCONUL 3&4, ANZIL 2&4, ANCIL 5)
Posted on September 8, 2021
Author: Nicole Hennig
Collaborators: Yvonne Mery
Understand the difference between primary and secondary sources, and between popular and scholarly sources.
Discipline: Communication Studies, English, History, Liberal Studies
Information Literacy Concepts: Defines Information Need (ACRL 1, SCONUL 1&2, ANZIL 1)
Posted on July 14, 2021
Author: Kendall Faulkner
Annotated bibliographies have become a popular assignment in college courses and a way to scaffold research papers. Gathering a bibliography before turning in a completed research project allows students to focus on searching strategically and get feedback on the sources they obtained. Annotating that bibliography requires them to think critically about the sources they choose and their relationship to the research at hand.
Discipline: Anthropology, Art, English, Ethnic Studies, History, Liberal Studies, Multidisciplinary, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology, Women's Studies
Information Literacy Concepts: Evaluates (ACRL 3, SCONUL 5, ANZIL 3, ANCIL 4), Authority is Constructed / Contextual (Frame 1), Research as Inquiry (Frame 4)
Posted on June 14, 2021
Author: Carolyn Schubert
This scaffolded assignment was developed for senior Dietetic students enrolled in a research methods course. The lessons were collaboratively created via a librarian-faculty partnership.
Discipline: Health
Information Literacy Concepts: Defines Information Need (ACRL 1, SCONUL 1&2, ANZIL 1), Finds Information (ACRL 2, SCONUL 3&4, ANZIL 2&4, ANCIL 5), Evaluates (ACRL 3, SCONUL 5, ANZIL 3, ANCIL 4), Ethics (ACRL 5, SCONUL 6, ANZIL 6, ANCIL 7), Authority is Constructed / Contextual (Frame 1), Information Creation as Process (Frame 2), Searching as Strategic Exploration (Frame 6)