Listed below are several sample assignments that incorporate information literacy standards based on the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education.

Please review the sample assignments and classroom activities below and consider if one or more of the assignments might be appropriate for use in your courses. Click on the links below to view the detailed description of the assignments and classroom activities.

Sample Classroom Activities

• Concept Map Collaboration - Brainstorming the research topic

• Parts of a Citation - Identifying the required elements of a citation

• What is an Author? - Understanding plagiarism from the author's point of view

Sample Assignments

• Turn Your Topic Into a Search - Developing additional key terms

• Popular vs. Scholarly Sources Exercise - Identifying the purpose and audience of different resources

• Finding an Article in a Database - Locating articles on a specific research topic

• Web Searching and Evaluation - Comparing information found on the Web and in the library databases

• Creating a Research Journal - Detailing the steps of the research process

• Evaluative Annotated Bibliography - Analyzing and organizing research found on a certain topic

• Plagiarism and Citing Sources - Exercises in avoiding plagiarism