Information Literacy Program

For further information, contact:

Karen Vaughan, Digital Services Coordinator, kvaughan@odu.edu

Information Literacy Resources

Books:

Badke, William B. Research strategies: finding your way through the information fog. 3rd ed. New York: iUniverse, 2008.
Barker, Donald I., Melissa S. Barker, and Katherine T. Pinard. Internet Research Illustrated. Fifth ed. Boston, MA: Course Technology, Cengage Learning, 2010.
Bolner, Myrtle S. and Gayle A. Poirier. The research process: books & beyond. 4th ed. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 2007.
Burkhardt, Joanna M. Teaching information literacy: 35 practical standards-based exercises for college students. Chicago: American Library Association, 2003.
Hosie-Bounar, Jane, and Barbara M. Waxer. Web 2.0: Making the Web Work for You, Illustrated. Boston, MA: Course Technology, 2011.
List-Handley. Carla J. Information literacy and technology. 4th ed. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt, 2008.
Quaratiello, Arlene Rodda. The college student's research companion. 4th ed. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2007.
Riedling, Ann Marlow. Learning to learn: a guide to becoming information literate in the 21st century. 2nd ed. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2006.

Video/Flash:

"The Information Cycle" (University of Tennessee Libraries, 2011)
“The Information Cycle” (Penn State University, 2004 rev)
"E-Literate" (UCLA, )
Searching WorldCat Local: Basic and Advanced
ODU Library:
- The Library's "Top 10" (orientation)
- Using the Library Catalog
- Using the Library's Web Site
- Constructing a Search
- Searching Google Scholar
- Advanced Search of Google
- Linking to Articles from a Database
- Searching for Journals
- Using ILLIAD for Interlibrary Loan
- Finding full text of an article from a citation (finding journals and using ILL)
- EndNote: Exporting Citations
APA & MLA tutorial (Eastern Washington U)

Tutorials available through database vendors:

Search Guides:

Instruction Tools for Assignments/Exercises:

Information Literacy Assignments to Consider (compiled by ODU Libraries)
ACRL Standards Toolkit
MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching) - searchable collection of subject-specific resources for higher education
PRIMO (Peer Reviewed Instructional Materials Online) - materials collected and contributed by members of ACRL
S.O.S. for Information Literacy (A Virtual Factory for Teaching Information Literacy Skills) - lesson plans, handouts, presentations, videos and other resources to enhance the teaching of information literacy. Limit to "higher education."

Guides from other Universities:

Online Writing Lab at Purdue
University of Idaho Information Literacy Modules
Guide to Library Research (Cornell)
The Internet Detective (UK tutorial)
Crash Course in Copyright (U of Texas)

How to Write an Annotated Bibliography (UC Santa Cruz)
How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography (Cornell):
Recommended Search Engines: Tables of Features (UC Berkeley)
Critically Analyzing Information Resources
Distinguishing Scholarly Journals from Other Periodicals (UTexas, San Antonio)

ODU Library Guides:

Other:

Internet Public Library:
Infomine (a directory of scholarly search engines):
Scout Report Archives (extensive list of carefully selected Web sites and mailing lists by subject with critical annotations):
Search Engine Features Chart (Search Engine Showdown):

NOTE: There are many more excellent resources that continue to be developed. If you have suggestions for additional information literacy resources to include here, contact Karen Vaughan kvaughan@odu.edu