Assignment
Who’s an Authority? Recognizing Scholarly Sources in the Library
Short Description:
Are you finding reliable sources for your research papers and projects? Has your professor asked you to use scholarly sources? What is a scholarly source anyway? In this workshop, learn how to critically evaluate the information you find through books, articles, and websites.
**This lesson plan was adapted from "Establishing and Applying Evaluation Criteria" p. 74 -78 in Teaching Information Literacy Threshold Concepts Lesson Plans for Librarians, edited by Bravender, McClure, and Schaub (2015).**
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Learning Outcomes:
After completing the library instruction session, students will be able to:
• produce criteria for evaluating information sources in order to cultivate a skeptical stance and a self-awareness of their own biases and world views.
Discipline:
Library and Information ScienceInformation Literacy concepts:
Individual or Group:
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Additional Instructor Resources (e.g. in-class activities, worksheets, scaffolding applications, supplemental modules, further readings, etc.):
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Suggested Citation:
Keba Knecht, Michelle. "Who’s an Authority? Recognizing Scholarly Sources in the Library." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2018. https://projectcora.org/assignment/who%E2%80%99s-authority-recognizing-scholarly-sources-library.
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