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The goal of this assignment is to help students develop a better understanding of the need to provide citations. Moving beyond a focus on citations as giving appropriate credit to an author, this activity is intended to help students appreciate the…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value, Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: Jane Hammons
Resource Type(s): Activity
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This lesson, aimed at mid- to upper-level undergraduates, discusses how research findings can be over-inflated, distorted, or misrepresented as the research is shared outside of its original context. Students will build on their fact-checking skills…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry, Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: Brittany O'Neill
Resource Type(s): Activity, Lesson Plan, Worksheet
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This activity involves students working in groups to construct and organize an evaluative annotation paragraph. Each group focuses on different aspects of an article, including summarizing sections, evaluating content and target audience, and…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value, Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: Sarah Hood
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assignment Prompt, Worksheet
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The two learning activities outlined in this PowerPoint will aid in developing students’ understanding of spatial epidemiology and the intersectionality of socio-economic and environmental factors. Task 1 involves a short presentation on the…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry, Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: Laureen Cantwell-Jurkovic
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assignment Prompt, Slide Deck
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Public health concerns are often multi-faceted, complex problems. Any exploratory analysis conducted to support public health concerns should be scalable to this multi-attribute nature. This activity pairs with a chapter focused on spatial…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry, Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: Laureen Cantwell-Jurkovic
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assignment Prompt, Slide Deck
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The lesson covers using PolicyMap and Social Explorer to visualize socioeconomic variables. These two mapping tools let learners view geographic distribution of variables (e.g., evidence) and begin their exploration of spatial literacy. In addition…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry, Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: Todd Quinn
Resource Type(s): Assignment Prompt
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The worksheet, activity, slides, and library instruction session outline for this assignment are a methodology for integrating information literacy and library research into testimonio writing in a first-year undergraduate Introduction to Higher…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Has Value, Research as Inquiry, Scholarship as Conversation, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Kimberly Y. Franklin
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assignment Prompt, Lesson Plan, Slide Deck, Worksheet
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A group of four librarians from varied disciplinary backgrounds came together to examine issues of artificial intelligence and large language models. We are of the opinion that Pandora's box has been opened. Students will use ChatGPT, so it is…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry, Scholarship as Conversation, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Stefanie Hilles
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assignment Prompt, Learning Object, Lesson Plan
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Using social media examples, helping students understand how scholarship is not done in isolation but shared and a conversation. This is a lesson plan for a single class session. Included is a Learning Objectives doc for behind the scenes use,…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: Emily Bufford
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assessment Material, Learning Outcomes List, Lesson Plan, Worksheet
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Easier access to research data is changing the research landscape. Investigate the data available for your research topic through the library’s catalog and open-access sources.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Has Value, Research as Inquiry, Scholarship as Conversation, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Kaypounyers Maye
Resource Type(s): Assignment Prompt, Lesson Plan
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Set in a broader internship program as a key component of an archival program and following a backwards design approach, interns (undergraduate students) develop complimentary archival exhibits in both physical and digital environments. Students are…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: Hanz Olson
Resource Type(s): Other
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Tabs: Books, Ebooks, Vidoes, Articles, Podcasts, Resources for Your Students
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry, Scholarship as Conversation, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Sarah Hood
Resource Type(s): Bibliography, Research Guide
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The purpose of this activity is to help students identify the types of research questions that scholars in their field are investigating in preparation for developing their own research questions. As a class, students will review multiple…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry, Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: Jane Hammons
Resource Type(s): Activity
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These are the slides for the learning activity in the book chapter, "Teaching Undergraduates to Collate and Evaluate News Sources with Altmetrics" from the book Teaching About Fake News: Lesson Plans for Different Disciplines and Audiences.…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry, Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: Rachel Miles
Resource Type(s): Activity, Slide Deck
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Powerpoint to accompany social media influencer/business information literacy activity, exploring roles and responsibilities of consumers and content creators, debates regarding influencer marketing tactics and misleading advertisements, and ways to…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: Laureen Cantwell-Jurkovic
Resource Type(s): Activity, Instruction Program Material
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Powerpoint to accompany science information literacy activity following a news article back to a research article. Created by Megan Carlton and Lea Leininger. Accompanies chapter How the scientific method invalidates ‘fake news.’ From…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: Lea Leininger
Resource Type(s): Activity, Instruction Program Material
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This worksheet accompanies the science information literacy activity "A new study says..." by Megan Carlton and Lea Leininger. The worksheet was created by Megan Carlton using Canva and exported as a pdf.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: Lea Leininger
Resource Type(s): Worksheet
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These slides accompany the book chapter “Revelatory Reading: Understanding, Critiquing and Unveiling Religious News Stories” from Teaching About Fake News published by ACRL.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: Andy Newgren
Resource Type(s): Slide Deck
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These slides are designed to accompany Chapter 16: "Sound Science or Fake News?: Evaluating and Interpreting Scientific Sources Using the ACRL Framework" by Anna Mary Williford and Charlotte Ford, from the ACRL book Teaching About Fake News:…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: Anna Mary Williford
Resource Type(s): Activity, Lesson Plan, Slide Deck
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This assignment or activity is intended to help students learn how to trace the scholarly conversation on a topic, using references and cited by tools to find previous and more recent works related to a specific source.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: Jane Hammons
Resource Type(s): Activity, Lesson Plan
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In this lesson, we will describe efficient ways to read and understand journal articles and how to find exactly the information you need.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: UMKC Research Essentials
Resource Type(s): Tutorial
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In this lesson, we will look at the peer-review process, and learn ways to identify peer-reviewed materials.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value, Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: UMKC Research Essentials
Resource Type(s): Tutorial
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Looking to vary the ways in which you cite your sources? Here are several ideas for integrating citations with sophistication and efficiency!Now that you've done your research, it's time to cite your sources. We sampled several academic papers to…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: UCLA WIRE
Resource Type(s): Activity, Learning Object, Tutorial
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Are you applying to present your research project at a conference or submitting it for publication? If yes, you will most likely have to submit a research abstract. Here's a quick introduction that will teach you all about abstracts.Navigate through…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: UCLA WIRE
Resource Type(s): Activity, Learning Object, Tutorial
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Looking for an efficient way to get an overview of a body of research on your topic? A review article is a great place to start.A review article provides an analysis of the state of research on a set of related research questions. Review articles…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Scholarship as Conversation, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: UCLA WIRE
Resource Type(s): Activity, Blog Post, Learning Object, Tutorial