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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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This lesson plan introduces students to lateral reading techniques using the SIFT method. Designed and implemented for a political science introduction to international relations course, this can easily be adapted to other media literacy contexts.…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Information Has Value
Contributor: Ruth Castillo
Resource Type(s): Activity, Lesson Plan
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This handout on business resources was designed in collaboration with the Ciocca Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Although the quips aren't exactly witty, the aim of each remark is to answer the simple question: Why would I use this…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Has Value
Contributor: Benjamin Hall
Resource Type(s): Other
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Beginning college students often make assumptions that scholarly sources are inherently bias-free. Students may also hold the belief that if they find a source through a library database, it is automatically a useful and neutral viewpoint on a topic…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process
Contributor: Lauren Wallis
Resource Type(s): Activity, Lesson Plan
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The goal of this activity is to help students develop a broader understanding how authority is determined and what types of sources are considered appropriate in different contexts. It is also intended to help address some of the misconceptions that…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual
Contributor: Jane Hammons
Resource Type(s): Activity
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This web resource provides a brief overview of the concept Authority is Constructed and Contextual. It includes a video, a concept description, and the related knowledge practices and dispositions.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual
Contributor: Jane Hammons
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material, Learning Object, Other
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The goal of this activity is to help students start to think critically about the evaluation strategies that they have learned and whether they support the effective evaluation of information. Students will learn about the lateral reading strategy…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual
Contributor: Jane Hammons
Resource Type(s): Activity
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Reports from leading organizations on Misinformation & Media/News Literacy
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual
Contributor: Sarah Hood
Resource Type(s): Bibliography
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This activity is designed to help students understand the difference between background sources and scholarly sources. Students will read a quick overview of the key differences between these source types, and then they will be asked to classify…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process
Contributor: Elisabeth White
Resource Type(s): Activity
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These materials accompany the book chapter 7 "Database Scavenger Hunt and Analysis for Accounting Students" from Teaching Business Information Literacy published by ACRL Press.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Has Value, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Robbi De Peri
Resource Type(s): Syllabus
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Goal: The primary goal of the activity or assignment is for students to develop an increased understanding of the peer review process and how it is connected to the authority or credibility of different information sources.…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Information Has Value
Contributor: Jane Hammons
Resource Type(s): Activity
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This resource provides an overview of the concept Authority is Constructed and Contextual from the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. A brief overview of the concept is provided and several of the related knowledge practices…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual
Contributor: Jane Hammons
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material, Learning Object
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In this assignment, students will consider how the format of the information product can impact what they are able to convey related to a topic and how their information may be received and valued. Students will investigate a topic or question…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process
Contributor: Jane Hammons
Resource Type(s): Activity
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This activity is intended to help students understand the types of sources that are most commonly cited in research in a specific discipline or field. Students will review the citations from multiple relevant journal articles to identify the…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process
Contributor: Jane Hammons
Resource Type(s): Activity
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This assignment accompanies the book chapter, "Next Level Career Research: Helping Students Land Their Dream Jobs" from Teaching Business Information Literacy published by the ACRL Press.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Has Value, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Laura Walesby
Resource Type(s): Worksheet
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The purpose of this activity is to recognize how a quote can be taken out of context in subtle (and overt) ways. The goal is to locate a quote within a news article and trace it through multiple layers of context to discover how journalists’…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Information Has Value
Contributor: Elizabeth Kamper
Resource Type(s): Activity
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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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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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Use this slidedeck to explore, identify rheotrical trends, and critically analyze and evaluate different examples of conpsiracy theories with students. This activity is part of the Teaching About Fake News volume, published by ALA.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual
Contributor: Sarah Morris
Resource Type(s): Slide Deck
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These slides are designed to accompany the book chapter, "Evaluating Data Visualizations for Misinformation & Disinformation," by Nicole Helregel, within the ACRL book Teaching About Fake News.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process
Contributor: Nicole Helregel
Resource Type(s): Slide Deck
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A learning activity PowerPoint about appropriation or re-use of art history images to create memes, and how knowledge about the original artwork in context can provide a deeper understanding of the people and society that created the work.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Research as Inquiry
Contributor: Rebecca Barham
Resource Type(s): Activity, Instruction Program Material, Learning Object, Lesson Plan
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PowerPoint that accompanies Chapter 21: Teaching Students to Analyze and Interpret Historical Propaganda by Amy E. Bush, Christine Cheng, University of California, Davis, and Alesia M. McManus, University of California, Davis.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual
Contributor: Christine Cheng
Resource Type(s): Slide Deck
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A slide presentation to accompany the learning activity from the chapter "Senior Citizens, Digital Citizens: Improving Information Consumption in Older Adults" in Teaching about Fake News: Lesson Plans for Different Disciplines and Audiences. This…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Nicole Thomas
Resource Type(s): Slide Deck