Information and Media Literacy Resources

Information literacy forms the basis for all of the other literacies. Developing the good question, selecting sources, searching for information, critically evaluating the information found, citing the resources, and creating a new product for a specified audience are all components of information literacy.

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Links

INTRODUCTION

• Information literacy definition (Univ of NY at Plattsburgh)
• AASL Information Literacy Standards

INFORMATION LITERACY MODELS

• ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Ed
• The Big6 Information Literacy Model
• Seven Pillars of  Information Literacy Model

SUPPORTING RESOURCES

• Determine your information need (older page)
• What to do before searching
• Creative Commons
• Google Images Creative Commons search
• Cluuz semantic Web search​
• Kathy Schrock: 5 W's of Website Evaluation mini-poster ​
• Kathy Schrock: Critical evaluation forms
• Zotero: organization tool

• Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL): citation formats
• Citation makers:

                BibMe
                Citation Builder
                Citation Generator
                Cite It In
                EasyBib (Chrome)
                eTurabian
                KnightCite
                Son of Citation Machine
                WorksCited4U

• ShowMe Information Literacy Modules (Noodletools)
• Schrock: MLA Citations for Grades 1-6 (MLA 9: 2021)
• Schrock: Research and Style Guide for Grades 7-12 (2021)​
• Tools to support research (Stimson & Ududec)
• Copyright friendly toolkit
• DiRT: Digital Research Tools
• Schrock: Information literacy primer
• Rockwell Schrock's Boolean Machine​

INFORMATION LITERACY RESOURCES & LESSONS

• S.O.S. for Information Literacy (Syracuse University)
• AASL Database (AASL/ALA)
• Information Literacy Assessments (Mueller)
• Information Literacy Resources Webinar (10/19/11)
• Weaving information literacy skills across the curriculum
• ​Digital competency in action
• Digital literacy lessons

VIDEOS

• Videos for Information Literacy and Fluency blog
• ​Crash Course: Navigating digital information
• ​News and media literacy

The Five W's of Web Site Evaluation by Kathy Schrock

MEDIA LITERACY RESOURCES​

• Common Sense: News and media literacy resource center
• Critical media literacy and civic learning (Guides)
• Illinois Civics Hub: Media literacy toolkit
• Media Literacy Clearinghouse
• Media literacy implementation toolkit (REMC)
• Media Literacy Now: Educator resources
• Media Smarts: Digital and media literacy
• News LIteracy Project: Checkology
• NewseumED: Media literacy resources

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Created by Kathy Schrock. 10/17/2011
Last updated: 03/24/2023
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