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This lesson plan from Teaching Information Literacy Threshold Concepts, edited by Patricia Bravender, Hazel McClure, and Gayle Schaub and contributed by Ika Datig, addresses the search strategies and discovery tools students need to employ to recognize the possible reasons for setbacks and continue their research.
Posted on April 26, 2017
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Lesson Plan, Publication
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Searching as Strategic Exploration
This recipe from The First-Year Experience Cookbook, edited by Raymond Pun and Meggan Houlihan and written by Amanda Foster, details a class that asks students to explore the advanced search capabilities of Google and introduces them to free online research tools used by successful researchers..
Posted on April 25, 2017
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Activity, Publication
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Searching as Strategic Exploration
This recipe from The First-Year Experience Cookbook, edited by Raymond Pun and Meggan Houlihan and written by Nick Ferreira and Mackenzie Salisbury, is an exercise for students who understand the basic concepts of research in a college library, but need a quick refresher on college-level research and practical knowledge of their new library’s logistics.
Posted on April 25, 2017
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Activity, Publication
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value, Scholarship as Conversation, Searching as Strategic Exploration
This recipe from The First-Year Experience Cookbook, edited by Raymond Pun and Meggan Houlihan and written by Joy Oehlers, demonstrates a fun group activity that uses a familiar tool for ESOL students to make sense of their library collections and basic services.
Posted on April 25, 2017
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Activity, Publication
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Searching as Strategic Exploration
This one-shot lesson plan was designed for first-year community college students in a First Year Experience (FYE) course at Lone Star College-CyFair Library, a joint use academic and public library branch of the Harris County Public Library. The lesson plan introduces students to information resources available in print and online in an 80-minute tour and classroom session. Librarians also collaborated with FYE instructors to align the lesson plan’s activities with course outcomes and financial literacy topics covered on the FYE syllabus around the time the one-shots are scheduled. Students...
Posted on April 14, 2017
Contributor: Jane Stimpson
Resource Type(s): Activity, Lesson Plan, Worksheet
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Short Tutorial: An interactive map detailing the common structure of a scholarly article
Posted on April 11, 2017
Contributor: Jesse Lopez
Resource Type(s): Learning Object
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Research as Inquiry, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Short Video: What is a literature review? What purpose does it serve in research? What should you expect when writing one? Find out here...
Posted on April 11, 2017
Contributor: Jesse Lopez
Resource Type(s): Tutorial
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Scholarship as Conversation, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Short Video: When you pick your topic, it's not set in stone. Picking and adjusting your topic is an integral part of the research process!
Posted on April 11, 2017
Contributor: Jesse Lopez
Resource Type(s): Tutorial
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Short Video: Your topic seemed so great! So why can't you find any information on it? If you're looking for an all-in-one source that addresses your topic perfectly, you might need a different approach.
Posted on April 11, 2017
Contributor: Jesse Lopez
Resource Type(s): Tutorial
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Searching as Strategic Exploration
Lesson plan using framework concepts for graduate art education classes.
Posted on April 4, 2017
Contributor: Sarah Gilchrist
Resource Type(s): Activity, Lesson Plan, Practitioner Reflection
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value, Research as Inquiry, Scholarship as Conversation, Searching as Strategic Exploration