INFORMATION LITERACY RESOURCES
- ELECTRONIC INDEXES & ABSTRACTS
- BOOKS
- PERIODICALS
- INTERNET RESOURCES
The focus of this guide is to help gain an understanding of Information Literacy and Assessment. Electronic indexes available through the Library are listed first, print sources second, periodicals third, and internet resources last. Reference books listed are found on the second floor of the Weinberg Library near the Reference Desk. The books listed are suggestions as a starting place for your research. You may also use the Online Public Catalog to find additional sources on Information Literacy and Assessment that can be checked-out from the circulating collection. If more help is needed, please consult a librarian at the Reference Desk. You may also call to schedule an appointment (941-4000).
ERIC (through EBSCOhost)
Coverage is from 1982 to the present. Includes abstracts from journals and some full-text documents from research reports, technical reports, books and curriculum materials.Library Literature and Information Science Full Text 1984-present
Full-text coverage for selected periodicals. Indexing and abstracting for periodicals, books, chapters in collected works such as conference proceedings, library school theses, and pamphlets.ProQuest Education Journals
ProQuest Education Journals abstracts, with some full-text and full-image, more than 250 journals in education and related fields.Users can search by issue, by keyword or by combining search criteria.A thorough search on Information Literacy and Assessment should also include searching databases in various subject areas to find articles on “information literacy” and “assessment” in that discipline.
Excellent way to begin searching for information. Gives background information and leads to further research tools. Following titles are good starting points:
Reference Books
Burkhardt, Joanna M., Mary C. MacDonald and Andree J. Rathemacher
Teaching Information Literacy: 35 practical, standards-based exercises for college students. Chicago: American Library Association, 2003 (REF ZA3075 .B87 2003).Gives 35 examples of standard-based exercises. The ACRL Standard, the performance indicators and the outcomes that correspond with the activity are at the end of each exercise. Very useful as models to help match the ACRL Standards with assignments.
Burkhardt, Joanna M., Mary C. MacDonald and Andree J. Rathemacher
Teaching Information Literacy: 35 practical, standards-based exercises for college students. Chicago: American Library Association, 2003 (REF ZA3075 .B87 2003).
Gives 35 examples of standard-based exercises. The ACRL Standard, the performance indicators and the outcomes that correspond with the activity are at the end of each exercise. Very useful as models to help match the ACRL Standards with assignments.
Eisenberg, Michael B., Carrie A. Lowe, Kathleen L. Spitzer. Information Literacy: essential skills for the information age. Second Edition. Westport, CN: Libraries Unlimited, 2004 (REF ZA 3075 .E385 2004).
Considered to be one of the definitive books on Information Literacy, this book brings together much information in one source on the topic. References plus a lengthy annotated ERIC bibliography, pp307-392.
Young, Rosemary, and Stephena Harmony. Working with faculty to design undergraduate information literacy programs: a how-to-do-it manual for librarians, NY: Neal-Schuman, 1999. (REF Z711.2 .Y68 1999).
Includes information on course-integrated and single session classes.
Circulating Books
Kraat, Susan B., ed. Relationships between Teaching Faculty and Teaching Librarians. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 2005. Published simultaneously as The Reference Librarian, Numbers 89/90 2005. (ZA 3075 .R45 2005).
Useful in helping to develop collaborative activities between teaching faculty and teaching librarians to integrate information literacy into the curriculum. Chapters on how to overcome barriers and misunderstandings between academic and library faculty are also discussed.
Malone, Debbie and Carol Videon. First Year Student Library Instruction Programs. CLIP Note #33.
(Z 711.2 .F56 2003). Includes bibliographic references.Compilation and analysis of survey results that were received from 153 colleges and universities on their “first year student library instruction.”
Rockman, Ilene and Associates. Integrating information literacy into the higher education curriculum: practical models for transformation , San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004. References at the end of each chapter.
(ZA 3075 .I57 2004)Good introduction to information literacy and assessment. Identifies who are the players, how to integrate information literacy into the curriculum and how to assess the success of the program.
SPEC Kit 279/ Evaluating Library Instruction. Association of Research Libraries. December 2003. (Issues are Retained in the Library Director’s Office).
SPEC Kit 286/ Collaboration for Distance Learning, Information Literacy Instruction. Association of Research Libraries. July 2005. (Issues are Retained in Library Director's Office).
SPEC Kit 287/ Instructional Improvement Programs. Association of Research Libraries. August 2005. (Issues are Retained in Library Director's Office).
ACRL Information Literacy Web Page
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlissues/acrlinfolit/infolitoverview/introtoinfolit/introinfolit.htmDirectory of Online Resources for Information Literacy
http://bulldogs.tlu.edu/mdibble/doril/
On-line directory of various information literacy sources. Similar information to a Research Guide. Topics are broken into subdivisions making it easier to find the information.
The National Forum on Information Literacy (NFIL)
http://www.infolit.org/
Coalition of organizations from different areas who have an interest in information literacy. Also links to publications and additional information literacy subjects.
Bruce, Christina. QUT.
Seven Faces of Information Literacy in Higher Education. 1997. Useful site that explains Information Literacy. “Learning to be information literate could be seen as coming to experience using information in these ways.”
http://sky.fit.qut.edu.au/~bruce/inflit/faces/faces1.phpInformation Literacy Program. Weinberg Memorial Library, University of Scranton.
This is a repository of information about the Weinberg Memorial Library’s Information Literacy Program. Faculty, statistics, stipend information, assessment and other information about the program are collected here and updated when necessary.http://academic.scranton.edu/department/wml/bihp.html
There are many additional Internet sites by libraries and other institutions to explain, teach and assess information literacy. Additionally there are online seminars that help educate those interested in the subject.
