Information and Media Literacy Skills (i.e.Research Skills!)

Developing a Research Question

Narrowing a Topic and Developing a Research Question - From University of Indiana Library

Developing Successful Research Questions - From UC Merced Library

Effective Searching Strategies

Keyword Bank - Pick keywords that will help you find relevant results. Keep adding to the bank and you continue with your research and find better terms.

Visual explanation for Boolean Searching
Electronic Searching Strategies: Boolean operators and more
From Common Sense Media: Video and Article on Search Tips for Researching
Using the Advanced Search Function in Google: Video Tutorial
Using Google Scholar

Electronic Searching Strategies, Student activities for effective searching:

- using Google
- using Gale

Types of Sources

What is the difference between popular, scholarly/academic, and trade/professional Journals? from Rutgers Library

What type of sources do I need? tutorial from University of Arizonia Libraries

Types of sources and useful definitions from Ambrose University Library: learn about primary, secondary, and tertiary sources and more

How to read a scholarly journal article? from University of Wisconsin - Madison Libraries

Evaluating Information:

Misinformation

Types of misinformation infographic

Student pre-assessment from Civic Online Reasoning

Lateral Reading

Click Restraint

News Literacy Resources: Misinformation and Evaluating Sources

Generative AI

Gen AI Guidelines from KQED Teach

Avoiding Plagiarism

"8 Types of Plagiarism" - from iParadigms (makers of Turnitin)
Types of Plagiarism and How to Avoid it - from iParadigms (makers of Turnitin)
"Understanding Plagiarism ... with some help from Dr. Seuss" - from University of Hawaii

Videos about plagiarism:

Citing Sources

Online Citation Makers:

Guides for Citing Sources:

MLA Formatting and Style Guide from OWL Purdue
MLA Sample Paper from OWL Purdue
Overview of Using In-Text Citations based upon information from OWL Purdue
MLA Works Cited from OWL Purdue
Guidance for Citing Gen AI Tools - from KQED Teach

Paraphrasing and Note Taking

Paraphrasing and Quoting:

Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summarizing - What are the differences and When to use from OWL Purdue
Paraphrasing Lesson