Research, Citation, & Class Guides: Information Literacy @ UWW: Read More About It

Select Websites

21st Century Literacy @ your library
American Library Association. 2001.
ACRL Information Literacy Guidelines, Standards, and Frameworks
The ACRL gateway to information literacy. Provides definitions, standards, framework, and other resources to students and professionals.
Assessments of Information Literacy
James Mueller, North Central College
Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education
Association of College & Research Libraries. 2015.
Framework for Information Literacy Toolkit
Provides tools, web pages and other resources to help you use the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Association of College & Research Libraries.
Guidelines for Information Literacy for Lifelong Learning
Extensive international guidelines on information literacy. Information Literacy Section (InfoLit) of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). 2006.
LOEX
The focus of this organization is library instruction and information literacy. Holds an annual conference.
Megan Oakleaf
Gain access to information about Dr. Oakleaf's teaching, consulting, presentations, publications, and more. Links to many of her publications online.
National Forum on Information Literacy
News and current issues from national non-profit organization promoting information literacy.
Project Information Literacy
Ongoing research project that investigates how young adults conduct research in the information age. University of Washington.

Select Journals

College & Research Libraries
Open access 1939-present
Communications in Information Literacy
Open access 2007-present
Journal of Academic Librarianship
Articles available from 1995-present.
Journal of Information Literacy
Open access 2007-present
Library and Information Research
Articles from 2000-present. Print articles and later published online on an irregular basis.
Library & Information Science Research
Articles available 1994-present
Nordic Journal of Information Literacy in Higher Education
Open access. Combination of articles in English and Norwegian.

A Few Articles

Belvens, Cheryl L. Catching up with Information Literacy Assessment: Resources for Program Evaluation.
College and Research Libraries News 73.4 (April 2012)
Bruce, Christine S. Seven Faces of Information Literacy in Higher Education. 1997.
The author bases these sequential views of information literacy on experiences at two Australian universities. Information on the site is taken from her book of the same name.
Head, Alison J. Learning Curve: How College Graduates Solve Information Problems Once They Join the Workplace.
Project Information Literacy Research Report (2012).
Head, Alison J. Learning the Ropes: How Freshmen Conduct Course Research Once They Enter College.
Project Information Literacy Research Report (2013).
Head, Alison J., Michele Van Hoeck, Jordan Eschler, & Sean Fullerton. What information competencies matter in today’s workplace?
Library and Information Research 37.114 (2013)
Salpeter, Judy. Make Students Info Literate.
Discussion of why information literacy skills are essential to students in the 21st century. 2008.
Shapiro, Jeremy J., & Shelley K. Hughes. Information Literacy as a Liberal Art: Enlightenment Proposals for a New Curriculum.
Educom Review 31.2 (March/April 1996).

Select Books

Snapshots of Reality by Mary Snyder Broussard; Rachel Hickoff-Cresko; Jessica Urick Oberlin
Call Number: Main Collection (ZA3075 .B76 2014)
Publication Date: 2014
Successful Strategies for Teaching Undergraduate Research by Marta Deyrup and Beth Bloom (Eds.)
Call Number: Main Collection (LB2369 .S827 2013)
Publication Date: 2013
Information Literacy: Essential Skills for the Information Age by Michael B. Eisenberg; Carrie McGuire; Kathleen L. Spitzer
Call Number: Main Collection (ZA3075 .E385 2004)
Publication Date: 2004
Information Literacy: Search Strategies, Tools & Resources for High School Students and College Freshmen (2nd ed.) by Zorana Ercegovac
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2008
Handbook for Information Literacy Teaching
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2009
Originally written by a group of subject librarians at Cardiff University in 2005. Free to use and re-purpose, however, under the terms of their Creative Commons license, use of the Handbook is restricted to non-commercial purposes and you are required to acknowledge the source. Please let them know how you decide to use it. Available in PDF and WORD formats.
Metaliteracy: Reinventing Information Literacy to Empower Learners by Thomas P. Mackey; Trudi Jacobson
Call Number: Main Collection (ZA3075 .M327 2014)
Publication Date: 2014
Designing Online Information Literacy Games Students Want to Play by Chris Leeder; Soo Young Rieh; Karen Markey
Call Number: Main Collection (ZA3075 .M36 2014)
Publication Date: 2014
The Little Book of Plagiarism by Richard A. Posner
Call Number: Main Collection (PN167 .P67 2007)
Publication Date: 2007
Information Literacy Instruction That Works: A Guide to Teaching by Discipline and Student Population (2nd ed.) by Patrick Ragains (Ed.)
Call Number: Main Collection (ZA3075 .I537 2013)
Publication Date: 2013

Select Blogs

#critlib
A place to talk about critical pedagogy and other critical approaches to libraries with the intended goal of engaging in discussion about critical perspectives on library practice.
ACRLog
Blogging by and for Academic Research Librarians, the blog's goal is to be a home for the full spectrum of issues facing academic and research libraries and those who work in them. To hone the result list, one option is to choose the Information Literacy category on the right.
The Big 6
The Big6 is a widely used approach to teaching information and technology skills which was created by Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz. This blog provides related information.
Designer Librarian: A Blog about Instructional Design and Technology in Libraries
by Amanda Hovious
Info-mational: A Sometimes Blog about Mostly Libraries
by Char Booth
Information Literacy Wants to Be Free
by Meredith Farkas
Information Literacy Weblog: Curating Information Literacy Stories from Around the World Since 2005
News and reports about information literacy from around the world. by Sheila Webber.
Metaliteracy
by Tom Mackey and Trudi Jacobson