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HACC Learning Commons will open at 12:30 p.m. on Jan. 21, 2025, due to inclement weather. Some remote services are available. For more information please see our Alerts page.
The library has access to a variety of resources in a in different formats to support integrating information literacy into assignments, curriculum and the classroom.
Information Literacy and Social Media: Empowered Student Engagement with the ACRL Framework provides librarians and non-librarian practitioners with ways to teach and learn with social media. It addresses how to broadly conceptualize information literacy teaching with social media and allay any student reluctance to using social media for academic purposes.
The Critical Thinking about Sources Cookbook takes a broad look at the types of sources our students are expected to use and produce, and provides librarians and educators with a series of adaptable and innovative approaches to teaching critical-thinking skills.
Offering a solid starting point for understanding and teaching the six threshold concepts in the Framework, Burkhardt's guidance will help instructors create their own local information literacy programs.
. The Teaching with Primary Sources Cookbook brings together the work of archivists, librarians, museum professionals, and other educators who evoke the power of primary sources to teach information literacy skills to a variety of audiences.
News Literacy Nowintroduces a new way to "read" the news. Based on the intersection of media literacy, news literacy, information and web literacy skills, this hybrid strategy adapts the media literacy framework developed by the Center for Media Literacy to analyze the nature of news, explain professional journalism practices and standards, and apply lateral reading to verify facts and empower informed participation in democracy.
How to understand a media environment in crisis, and how to make things better by approaching information ecologically.
Although this copyright is a bit older and is based on the former Information Literacy Standards, and not the Framework, it is still a great springboard for ideas in working in the disciplines.
What makes a good research topic in a literature class? What does your professor mean by "peer-reviewed" sources? What should you do if you can't find enough material? This approachable guide walks students through the process of research in literary studies, providing them with tools for responding successfully to course assignments.
Please share these resources with your students!
Focus is on MLA and APA citation styles, with tips on paraphrasing and avoiding plagiarism.
Defines and gives examples of "fake news" and misinformation. Provides support for critically evaluating new media.
Provides practical support for teaching and assessing generative AI. Ethical and policy concerns are also addressed.
This guide is geared towards students. This would be a great guide to share with your students if you are not currently using a class or subject guide with your class.
Check out our spectrum of subject guides, which support HACC disciplines. You can use these with your classes, or ask a library faculty member to make a class guide for your specific course.
