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.
