Information Literacy Lessons

Interactive lessons to teach information literacy concepts and research skills.

There is a direct link and zip folder for each lesson.

The viewing link can be added to Canvas or any teaching tool
The zip folder can add the lesson to a Canvas course, which allows you to track students’ completion

All lessons have a completion screen that can be printed or screen-captured for proof-of-completion. Lessons include video, audio, images, text, online/offline activities.

How to add a library lesson to a Canvas course (PDF, 152KB)

Research question development

How to turn an interesting topic into a solid research question for a paper, project, or presentation. Undergraduate-level, but usable at all levels.

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Lesson handouts:

Know Want To Know worksheet (.docx)
Pre-search Graphic Organizer (.docx)
Brainstorming Research Questions worksheet (.docx)

Search terms and strategies

Developing search terms and strategies to create effective searches for finding sources.

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Lesson handouts:

Search Terms and Strategies worksheet (.docx)

Evaluating information sources

How to evaluate information based on its appropriateness to an information need, whether for a real-life scenario or an academic project.

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Lesson handouts:

Source Evaluation worksheet (.docx)

Incorporating sources

Different ways to incorporate sources into assignments, including quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing, as well as the importance of citing sources used.

This lesson also requires that students have an article, either one they’ve chosen or one assigned by the instructor, to practice paraphrasing and summarizing.

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Lesson handouts:

Paraphrase Summary worksheet (.docx)

Analyzing visual media

Applying rhetorical strategies to analyze visual media sources in order to think critically about the media we interact with on a regular basis.

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Lesson handouts:

Analyzing Visual Media worksheet (.docx)

Find, Access, and Cite Data

Learn how to find, access, and cite data needed for your research.

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Lesson handouts:

Find, Access, and Cite Worksheet (.docx)

Introduction to Data

This lesson is an introduction to working with data. This lesson includes video, audio, images, and text, and a mix of online and offline interactive activities.

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