Library:Faculty Information Literacy Toolkit/Information Literacy Assignments

UBC Research Assignment Examples

The following are examples of real assignments from real UBC instructors and faculty which effectively communicate to students the importance of one or more of the 5 major information literacy skill areas. While these assignments are drawn from various disciplines and different levels of study, each of them exemplifies the kind of careful scaffolding that can assist students in practicing and developing these skills. Each assignment has been annotated with commentary indicating the strong information literacy components it contains.

• Example 1 - PSYC 101 Article Summary, courtesy of Paul Wehr
• Example 2 - PSYC 208 Group Project with Annotated Bibliography, courtesy of Catherine Rawn
• Example 3 - LAW 180 Research Journal, courtesy of George Tsiakos

Examples from Other Institutions

• PSYC 110 source evaluation in three parts, from the Association of College & Research Libraries