Are you looking for resources that you can use to help students develop their research skills and information literacy? There are many ready-to-use resources, including videos, readings and sample activities, that you can incorporate into your courses to help students learn to find, evaluate and use information sources effectively.
Search Tools and Search Strategies
Do your students have difficulty figuring out where to get started or creating effective search strategies? On this page, you will find resources to help students select from a range of different search tools and use precision search techniques.
One of the most important and challenging aspects of the research process is developing a focused research question. On this page, you will find resources to help guide students through the process of identifying a topic and narrowing to an appropriate research question.
Students are often required to use specific types of information sources, but do they always know how to distinguish between scholarly articles and others types of sources? On this page, you will find resources for helping students differentiate between information sources and identify scholarly or peer reviewed sources.
Do your students ever use sources that you consider to be inappropriate? Do they struggle to distinguish between credible and non-credible information? On this page, you will find resources for helping students learn to critically evaluate information and to identify information sources that are credible, relevant and appropriate for their information need.
Using information sources ethically is one of the most crucial habits that students need to develop, but it can also be one of the most challenging that students face. On this page, you will find resources to help students develop ethical information practices.
Exploring Information Literacy
Not sure what information literacy is or how to approach teaching it? On this page, you will find an overview of information literacy and resources for learning more about it.