Sandbox Search
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This infographic displays where to look for information and where to search for finding public company information.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Grace Liu
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material
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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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This workshop engages participants in exploring corporate data collection, personal profiling, deceptive design, and data brokerage practices. Workshop content is contextualized with the theoretical frameworks of panoptic sort (Gandy), surveillance…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Information Has Value
Contributor: Sarah Hartman-Caverly
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assessment Material, Bibliography, Instruction Program Material, Learning Object, Learning Outcomes List, Lesson Plan, Slide Deck
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The goal of this activity is to help students develop a broader understanding of the purpose of academic research assignments, by helping to identify some of the common misconceptions that they might have about research assignments. This could also…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry
Contributor: Jane Hammons
Resource Type(s): Activity
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The goal of this activity is to help students start to develop an understanding of research as an ongoing process of inquiry, rather than a straightforward process of compiling information on a topic. Students develop initial definitions…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry
Contributor: Jane Hammons
Resource Type(s): Activity
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Comprehensive strategies on finding statistics and data.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Grace Liu
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material, Research Guide
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20-30 minute activity for students to practice citing material in a specific citation style. Can be adapted for any style.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value
Contributor: Justina Elmore
Resource Type(s): Activity
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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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This is a fun, hands-on activity that can help with brainstorming a topic and/or reserach question. Can also function as an ice-breaker! The results can be informative...and also sometimes entertaining!On the slip of paper (attachment),…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry
Contributor: Sarah Hood
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assignment Prompt, Worksheet
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This Worksheet is based on Mike Caulfield’s S.I.F.T. Method. Students will first need to have a familiarity with that. I highly recommend the “S.I.F.T. For Teachers” video playlist on his YouTube channel and/or his website.This activity would…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Sarah Hood
Resource Type(s): Activity, Worksheet
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Ready-made Canvas Module that explores students' thinking about the conceptual differences between data, information and knowledge – which is an important first step to understanding how data, information and knowledge are created, disseminated and…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Information Has Value
Contributor: Sarah Hood
Resource Type(s): Activity
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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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List of nearly two dozen short (~5 min) videos that deal with various topics related to Misinformation & News/Media Literacy. Prompt Questions included for each video. Great to use for a class activity/assignment.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Sarah Hood
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assignment Prompt, Bibliography
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Tabs/Topics: Categories of Misinformation, Evaluating Information, Media Bias Charts, Classroom Activities, Videos, Podcasts, Infographics, More Resources
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Sarah Hood
Resource Type(s): Research Guide
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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 think-pair-share activity worksheet allows students to apply search terms to their own research topic and can be used after a class discussion or class lecture on library and database searching. First, students think on their own about…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Mark Duncan
Resource Type(s): Activity, Worksheet
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This LibGuide is used when teaching a 30 minute workshop for Honors students who are required to research an immigration story from their own family tree. They have to research their geneology to the point where they find an ancestor who…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry
Contributor: Lauren Newton
Resource Type(s): Activity, Learning Object, Research Guide
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This LibGuide is used when teaching a 30 minute workshop for Honors students who are required to research an immigration story from their own family tree. They have to research their geneology to the point where they find an ancestor who…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry
Contributor: Lauren Newton
Resource Type(s): Activity, Learning Object, Research Guide
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Learning Outcomes:Students will see best practices on citations for their poster session or honors paper, including key database and RaptorSearch examples.Students will receive a demonstration of the relationship…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Information Has Value
Contributor: Chris Verdak
Resource Type(s): Activity, Bibliography, Lesson Plan
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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 “Using Critically Appraised Topics to Teach Evidence-based Management to Graduate Business Students” from Teaching Business Information Literacy published by ACRL Press.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Zahra Premji
Resource Type(s): Activity, Worksheet
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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