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Information literacy

Resources for helping students improve their research skills.

Date Added to MERLOT:: April 22, 2014
Created by:: justin head
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Plagiarism - Student's Guide to Avoiding It (Open (Access) Textbook)

Shows students the different types of plagiarism.
Information Literacy and Writing Assessment Project (Quiz/Test)

Could be used to show faculty how to plan a writing assessment project.
Evaluate Internet Sites 101! (Syllabus)

Evaluating web sites.
Research Tips (Syllabus)

Library research
Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education (Quiz/Test)

Information literacy standards for higher education were developed by the Association of College and Research Libraries... More
Creating Effective Research Assignments. (Quiz/Test)

A great site for showing faculty how design good library research assignments.
Flow of Information (Syllabus)

Use in general orientation.
bibme (Quiz/Test)

Good bibliography making tool.
Sources and Citations at Dartmouth College (Quiz/Test)

Good for citation help.
Internet Detective (Syllabus)

Good info on critical thinking and internet sites. Explains plagiarism and different types of sources.
The Information Cycle (Open (Access) Textbook)

Good to use with ESL classes about the story of the way events unfold in the news, through the use of different types of... More
What is Plagiarism (Paul Robeson Library) (Animation)

Use this in general orientation classes.
Workshop on the Information Search Process for Research (WISPR) (Syllabus)

Shows the entire process of conducting research using critical thinking along the way. From selecting the topic to... More
Using Call Numbers (Syllabus)

Great site for understatnding LC call numbers. Has assignment.
Citing Your Sources: APA and MLA Citation Styles (Syllabus)

Use in Comp 1 orientations.
Using Journal Databases (Syllabus)

Use in developmental writing orientations.
College Level Research (Syllabus)

Good tutorial explaining why library databases are better than Google for scholarly research.
RES 500 OL - Research Strategies (Learning Object Repository)

Good for Learning Strategies orientations.
WebQuest Page (Quiz/Test)

WebQuests teach students how to effectively use the Internet for research.
Research and Documentation Online (Quiz/Test)

A source for finding information in the Humanities, Social Sciences, History, and Sciences. Commercial.
PLUTO (Pacific Library User Tutorial Online) (Syllabus)

Good outline on the steps to finding information for a research paper.
Texas Information Literacy Tutorial (Syllabus)

Good for basic library orientations.
LIB 740: Information Literacy Game (Syllabus)

Good for reinforcing information literacy skills.
Library Tutorials for Research Papers (Syllabus)

Argument essay research tutorials.
Scholarly vs. Popular Periodicals (Syllabus)

Good explanation of peer-reviewed journal articles.
Inflite: Using the Web, Module 4 (Syllabus)

Explains the visible and invisible web.
Research Process (Syllabus)

For English comp classes.
What Makes a Journal Scholarly? (Syllabus)

Peer-review process
Choosing the Proper Resources: Info Research 101 Tutorial (Syllabus)

Eng comp. classes
Wikipedia: Beneath the Surface (Animation)

Good for general orientations. What a Wiki is, and why library databases are better for scholarly research.
American University Librarys Information Literacy Tutorial (Syllabus)

Use for teaching the research method and critical thinking skills.
Library Guide (Syllabus)

Good for online classes.
Annotations and Abstracts (Syllabus)

English comp. classes.
Research Roadmap (Syllabus)

Use for teaching basic research skills in English Comp.
Seeking Information: Web vs. Library Databases (Animation)

For teaching basic search techniques.
Scholarly vs. Popular Periodicals (Syllabus)
How to reference (Reference Material)

Good for teaching APA citations.