Assignment Templates
The following sample assignments are provided to give some practical
suggestions for how information literacy might be incorporated into your
Inquiry Seminar. Please feel free to
- use the assignments as they are presented,
- make them your own by modifying topics or specific resources, or
- take general ideas from these and create your own assignments.
| Foundational Information Literacy Learning Outcome |
Related Assignment Template |
|
Select, locate, and evaluate a reference source (e.g.,
electronic encyclopedia, specialized print encyclopedia, CQ
Researcher, etc.) related to their
general topic area. |
Evaluate a Source
Summarize a Source
|
| Identify the purpose and audience of potential resources
(e.g., popular vs. scholarly, current vs. historical, etc.). |
Identify Periodical Characteristics
|
| Differentiate between the library’s online catalog (MnPALS),
the Academic Search Premier database, and the ProQuest
Newspapers database, initiating appropriate searches in each. |
Subject
Searching (MnPALS)
Locate an Article (Academic Search Premier)
|
| Examine and compare information from various sources in
order to evaluate reliability, validity, accuracy, authority,
timeliness, and point of view or bias. |
Comparing
Online Reference Sources
Evaluate Internet Sites
|
| Choose information that meets a particular need; interpret
and combine information from a variety of sources to resolve a
particular problem or question. |
Trace a Study
|
| Adjust and modify research topics, according to the
interplay of newly discovered information with pre-existing
knowledge and experience. |
Explore a Research Topic
Generate Topic Ideas (Group Activity)
|
| Apply knowledge and skills from prior library experiences to
effectively plan and create a product or performance (debate /
panel discussion, paper, annotated bibliography, group
presentation, etc.). |
Annotated bibliography grading rubric
|
Additional Ideas
Library Launch: Experiential Introduction to the Library
|
