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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
Classroom lesson plan for teaching what to look for in evaluating the credibility of a website.
Posted on April 12, 2017
Contributor: Pamela Hayes-Bohanan
Resource Type(s): Lesson Plan
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process
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: How do articles get peer reviewed? What role does peer review play in scholarly research and publication?
Posted on April 11, 2017
Contributor: Jesse Lopez
Resource Type(s): Tutorial
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Information Has Value, Scholarship as Conversation
Short Video: Where do research articles come from? How do they end up in your search results? This video has the answers.
Posted on April 11, 2017
Contributor: Jesse Lopez
Resource Type(s): Tutorial
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process
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
Short Video: What is citation? And why do we do it? This video explains.
Posted on April 11, 2017
Contributor: Jesse Lopez
Resource Type(s): Tutorial
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Scholarship as Conversation
Short video: What does it mean for a source to be credible? Why is it important to use these sources? How can you tell if a source is credible?
Posted on April 11, 2017
Contributor: Jesse Lopez
Resource Type(s): Tutorial
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual