Start from the Beginning

I don’t have an assignment yet.

Information literacy is best when it is part of the scaffolding of your course. Because of this, we recommend that any activity you choose is linked to a scored/ weighted assignment. Look at the examples below to help determine which information literacy integration is right for your first year seminar.

I find that my first-year students struggle with…

• Finding quality websites.
  • Use the lateral reading and the determining authority integrations.
• Using academic sources like scholarly journal articles or academic books.
  • Use the scholarly sources integration.
• Determining if a source is appropriate for their research needs.
  • Use the source types integration.
• Incorporating library resources like journal articles or books into their assignments.
  • Use the searching & finding integration.
• Defining an appropriate scope for their research inquiry.
  • Use the developing a topic integration.
• Understanding what plagiarism is.
  • Use the plagiarism & academic integrity integration.

Contact your liaison librarian for help with building information literacy elements into your existing or new assignments. Fill out the information literacy session request form to have a librarian visit your class (in-person or online synchronous/ asynchronous.)

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