Evaluative Annotations

Institutional Learning Goal: Information Literacy

"Otis graduates will be able to assemble, evaluate, and ethically use information from diverse sources to accomplish a specific purpose." –Otis College, "Learning Outcomes."

Initial: Foundation Level Competency

C-level Information Literacy

• Source information is RESTATED to support the topic and includes TWO annotations that may be from books, database articles, or academic/museum/ professional websites.
• Sources must appear as in‐text citations and on a works cited page.
• Each annotation must include 3 of the following criteria:
  • Author’s credentials related to topic
  • Description of type of source/audience
  • Discussion of purpose/point of view
  • Discussion of currency of the source
  • Explain why the source is relevant to the assignment.

Practicing: Sophomore Level Competency

C-level Information Literacy

• Source information is CATEGORIZED to support the topic and includes THREE well-chosen, quality sources.
• TWO adequate annotations of quality sources. Analysis may be from database books, articles, academic/museum/professional websites.
• Sources must appear as in‐text citations and on a works cited page.
• Each of the TWO annotations must include all of the following criteria:
  • Author’s credentials related to topic
  • Description of type of source/audience
  • Discussion of purpose/point of view
    • Discussion of currency of the source
    • Explain why the source is relevant to the assignment.

Advanced: Junior/Senior Level Competency

C-level Information Literacy

• Source information ANALYSIS supports the topic and includes FOUR quality sources.
• TWO adequate annotations of quality sources. Analysis may be from database books, articles, academic/museum/professional websites.
• Sources must appear as in‐text citations and on a works cited page.
• Each of the annotations must include all of the following criteria:
  • Author’s credentials related to topic
  • Description of type of source/audience
  • Discussion of purpose/point of view
  • Discussion of currency of the source
  • Description of the author's coverage of the topic
  • Explain why the source is relevant to the assignment.