Library:Faculty Information Literacy Toolkit/Further Resources
Resources
Faculty interested in providing students with guidance on finding, accessing and incorporating research into their course assignments can find support from their | Subject Librarian.
Subject Librarians collaborate on developing assignments, workshops, and web guides that meet the needs of the course and build information skills needed for students to become successful not only in the coursework, but in their daily lives.
The following provides resources for each of the five fundamental research skills elements.
The Basic Library Skills Tutorial was developed to support your students developing their research skills. To use the tutorial, review the following information: Basic Library Skills Tutorial Instructors' Guide
Scoping the Information Need
- Getting Started on Your Research assists students in understanding assignments and developing a research plan.
- UBC Library AskAway, provides instant messaging research help services to students, faculty, and staff.
Finding Information
- General help on finding various types of resources, including data, images and video, maps, and much more.
- Using publications.
- Primary sources across different disciplines.
- Research Guides for every discipline studied at UBC. Includes major sources, search tips and strategies, and librarian contact information. Directing students to the appropriate research guide(s) on the Library website, or adapting their content for your own use is an excellent way to support student research success. All UBC Library guides are available for use in your course.
- Library tutorials by Subject and Resource Type
- UBC Library AskAway, provides instant messaging research help services to students, faculty, and staff.
Evaluating Information
- Sources Across Disciplines
- Scholarly versus Popular
- Library Guide on Evaluating Sources
- The UBC Library's subscription to Ulrichsweb, an online database which profiles thousands of academic journals, indicating if they are peer-reviewed, as well as providing a detailed description of each publication.
- University of California at Berkely, Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Evaluating Internet Sources: Tips and Tricks for Evaluating Web Sites<
- UBC Library AskAway, provides instant messaging research help services to students, faculty, and staff.
Reading Information
- How to Read Academic Papers (Without Losing Your Mind)
- How to Write an Annotated Bibliography
- See also the sample assignments below in the Information Literacy Assignments section of this Toolkit, particularly UBC examples 2 and 3, which involve require students to document their research process.
Using Information
Resources for Teaching/Learning the Purpose of Citations
- The APA, MLA and Chicago style guides, on the importance of citation.
- “Why We Cite” from the University of North Carolina.
Resources for Teaching/Learning How to Cite
- Writing Centre: The Learning Commons provides one-to-one writing help by appointment or drop-in.
- UBC Library How to Cite Guidecovers the major citation styles, and provides links to citation management tools.
- Citation Management Resources at the UBC Research Commons
- Purdue OWL Guide: Provides up-to-date overviews and examples from the major citation styles.
- Basic Citation Styles quiz: Want students to practice the basics? Send them to this quick quiz, which provides real time corrections and explanations.
- How to Cite Social Media