This guide is intended to break down the Information Literacy guideline in clear and transparent language. The intent is to give instructors easy ways to incorporate this SSLO into their classrooms. The information within this guide was created collaborat
Retrieve and extract information from a source(s) to gain knowledge about a topic
Classroom Application
Activities & Exercises
Have students upload a PDF of an article they've found using the library's databases and write one sentence that sums up the article's main idea
Request that students find a direct quote that sums up the article's "Discussion" heading from a specific article that's only accessible through academic databases
Have students answer a question using a direct quote from an article or book accessible through an academic database
Assign an essay that requires direct quotes from articles from the last three years from an academic, peer-reviewed article
Tell students to read a specific article, give them the title and author, and give them instructions on how to use the academic databases, but don't give them a direct link to the article
Success
Retrieving and Extracting Information Successfully
Can successfully access and quote the full text of an article that seems to only show the summary or abstract
Finds and quotes the full text of an open access article using the web when given a summary or abstract
Quotes directly from an article that is only accessible through an academic database
Accurately paraphrases an article using information that isn't in the abstract or summary
