Library and Information Science

Teaching Resource

Undergraduate Research Journals from the Council on Undergraduate Research

An alphabetic, annotated list of undergraduate research journals that may provide the opportunity for students to use the work of peers and to submit their own work as part of their research programs.

Information Literacy Concepts

What do the “information literacy concepts” listed on the assignments mean?

The “information literacy concepts” listed on the assignments refer to five sets of documents. The first document is the Association of College & Research Libraries’ (ACRL) Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education published in 2000. The following information literacy concepts correspond to standards from this document and are designated as (ACRL No. ) in CORA:

Assignment

Authority is Contextual and Constructed: Class Discussion of Authorship

The following activity is meant to demonstrate the concepts of authorship and authority to your students. It introduces the idea that context can influence the tone and writing style of a faculty member or scholar and also introduces the concept of the scholarly conversation. It can be used for any discipline.

Teaching Resource

The RADAR Challenge

The RADAR Challenge is an online game developed by the librarians at Loyola Marymount University. The game is designed to be played in teams during a class or library session.

Teaching Resource

Writing Commons

Writing Commons  is an open education resource that helps students improve their writing, critical thinking, and information literacy. Founded in 2008 by Joseph M.

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