Ideas for Helping Students with Information Literacy

Information Literacy Landscape

Idea #1

Ensure they have tools to evaluate sources they find online

• An Evaluating Sources Rubric is available on the Rickman Library Website

Idea #2

Require students to use best practices for citing sources, even when not doing research-based assignments

• Have them do an informal works consulted page

Idea #3

Have them find a print source BEFORE you have them find it electronically

• Sources that have different physical formats all look the SAME in databases.
• Seeing the print sources helps them understand what they are looking at, and what they are looking for.

Idea #4

Bring them in to the library

• Can be a formal instruction session, or something very informal
• We suggest bringing them in closer to the time an assignment is due, rather than at the very beginning of the semester. Or, do two mini-sessions instead of one large session.
• We also have a variety of virtual options for reaching students remotely and/or in the AGS program

Idea #5

Work with us to create a video tutorial about resources for your course or assignment

• Can be for an entire course, or specific assignment, or part of an assignment
• See examples on the library website by clicking on “Research Guides” on the right-hand side.