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Incorporating Critically Conscious Assessment into a Large-Scale Information Literacy Program
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This chapter from the Critical Library Pedagogy Handbook, edited by Nicole Pagowsky and Kelly McElroy and written by Rachel Gammons, demonstrates a critical assessment activity that offers an opportunity to reflect on the lived reality of…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Assessment Material, Publication
Teaching the Frameworks for Writing and Information Literacy: A Case Study from the Health Sciences
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This chapter from Rewired: Research-Writing Partnerships within the Frameworks focuses on the formalized and explicit instructor-librarian collaboration in a specialized section of technical writing, and how that partnership initiated…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Publication
Top Secret Recipes: Internet Search Hacks Every Student Researcher Should Know
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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…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Activity, Publication
Scholars in Training: Solving the Mystery
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This recipe from The First-Year Experience Cookbook, edited by Raymond Pun and Meggan Houlihan and written by Jenny Yap and Sonia Robles, helps introduce first-year English and ESL composition students to the differences between…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Has Value, Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Activity, Publication
A Melting Pot of Fondue: Embedding a Librarian into an FYE Course
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This recipe from The First-Year Experience Cookbook, edited by Raymond Pun and Meggan Houlihan and written by Kyrille Goldbeck DeBose, is a set of lesson plans originally designed for a First-Year Experience (FYE) course taught…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Activity, Publication
Making Zines: Content Creation with First-Year and Transfer Students
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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…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value, Scholarship as Conversation, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Activity, Publication
Camera Rolls: ESOL Student Library Orientation
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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…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Activity, Publication
Progressive Three-Course Meal for Library Orientation
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This recipe from The First-Year Experience Cookbook, edited by Raymond Pun and Meggan Houlihan and written by Jacalyn Bryan and Elana Karshmer, describes a three-part orientation activity designed to introduce new students to library resources…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Has Value, Research as Inquiry
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Activity, Publication
Information Literacy Assessment under the Framework
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This resource is an online guide to developing and assessing student learning outcomes based on the Framework.  The guide includes:A document mapping the Standards to the Framework.A brief discussion of assessment.An introduction to each frame.…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Rachel McMullin
Resource Type(s): Assessment Material
Financial Literacy Library Tour for Students in a First Year Experience (FYE) course: An Introduction to a Joint Use Library
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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…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Jane Stimpson
Resource Type(s): Activity, Lesson Plan, Worksheet
Website Evaluation
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Classroom lesson plan for teaching what to look for in evaluating the credibility of a website.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process
Contributor: Pamela Hayes-Bohanan
Resource Type(s): Lesson Plan
Anatomy of a scholarly article
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Short Tutorial: An interactive map detailing the common structure of a scholarly article 
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Research as Inquiry, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Jesse Lopez
Resource Type(s): Learning Object
Literature Reviews: An Overview for Graduate Students
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Short Video: What is a literature review? What purpose does it serve in research? What should you expect when writing one? Find out here...
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Scholarship as Conversation, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Jesse Lopez
Resource Type(s): Tutorial
Peer Review in 3 Minutes
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Short Video: How do articles get peer reviewed? What role does peer review play in scholarly research and publication?
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Information Has Value, Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: Jesse Lopez
Resource Type(s): Tutorial
From Idea to Library
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Short Video: Where do research articles come from? How do they end up in your search results? This video has the answers.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process
Contributor: Jesse Lopez
Resource Type(s): Tutorial
Picking Your Topic IS Research
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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!
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Jesse Lopez
Resource Type(s): Tutorial
One Perfect Source
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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.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Jesse Lopez
Resource Type(s): Tutorial
Citation: A (very) Brief Introduction
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Short Video: What is citation? And why do we do it? This video explains.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: Jesse Lopez
Resource Type(s): Tutorial
Evaluating Sources for Credibility
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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?
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual
Contributor: Jesse Lopez
Resource Type(s): Tutorial
ARED 609: Multicultural Art Education
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Lesson plan using framework concepts for graduate art education classes. 
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value, Research as Inquiry, Scholarship as Conversation, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Sarah Gilchrist
Resource Type(s): Activity, Lesson Plan, Practitioner Reflection
Working with Scholarly Articles tutorial
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An interactive tutorial that helps students learn what scholarly articles are, how to find them, and how to read them using the "Scholarship as Conversation" frame as a lens.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: Allison Hosier
Resource Type(s): Tutorial
Where do I Find Statistics?
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Graphic research handout that will help student understand how to find statistics. Print this handout into bookmark size: when printing PDF, choose page sizing & handling Multiple, page per sheet (Custom 2 by 1), page order  (horizontal…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Grace Liu
Resource Type(s): Research Guide
Where do I Find Economics Information
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Graphic research handout that will help student understand economic information landscape. Print this handout into bookmark size: when printing PDF, choose page sizing & handling Multiple, page per sheet (Custom 2 by 1), page order  (…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value, Research as Inquiry
Contributor: Grace Liu
Resource Type(s): Research Guide
Where do I Find Business Information
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Graphic research handout that will help student understand business information landscape. Print this handout into bookmark size: when printing PDF, choose page sizing & handling Multiple, page per sheet (Custom 2 by 1), page order  (…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value, Research as Inquiry
Contributor: Grace Liu
Resource Type(s): Research Guide
Research Process - Position Paper
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Graphic research handout that will help student understand how to conduct position paper research. Print this handout into bookmark size: when printing PDF, choose page sizing & handling Multiple, page per sheet (Custom 2 by 1), page order…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Grace Liu
Resource Type(s): Research Guide