Library Class and Subject Guides: Information Literacy Toolkit: Ethically Communicate Knowledge

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Competency 5: Ethically communicate synthesized and new knowledge in order to complete an academic inquiry

	Introductory	Intermediate	Advanced
5.a	Define plagiarism and academic honesty	Explain Ethical and legal considerations (such as academic honesty, IRB, and copyright) specific to discipline	Demonstrate ethical and legal considerations of attribution, academic honesty, IRB, and copyright (including basic knowledge of fair use, open access, and the public domain)

Understanding Plagiarism

Avoiding Plagiarism Tutorial
DIY Tutorial Using text and interactive questions, students learn to define and identify plagiarism. This material can be embedded in D2L with quiz scores automatically added to the grade book.

Research Ethics Activity
Activity Students reflect on and discuss real-life instances of plagiarism, violating participant rights, and research misappropriation.

Understanding Academic Honesty

Academic Honesty Slideshow
Presentation This Slideshow defines what academic honesty at MSU.

Research Ethics Activity
Activity Students reflect on and discuss real-life instances of plagiarism, violating participant rights, and research misappropriation.

Trust in Research - TED TALK
Video This TED talk discusses the ethics of knowledge production.

Trust in Research TED Talk Discussion
Activity Assignment This assignment discusses the TED Talk Trust in Research: The Ethics of Knowledge Production.

	Introductory	Intermediate	Advanced
5.b	Describe how citations relate to academic honesty (i.e. why do we cite?)

Understanding Citations

Avoiding Plagiarism Tutorial
DIY Tutorial Using text and interactive questions, students learn to define and identify plagiarism. This material can be embedded in D2L with quiz scores automatically added to the grade book.
What is a Citation & Why do we Cite?
Video Citations are an important aspect of research. This video will briefly cover what a citation is, when it’s used, and why we use it.

	Introductory	Intermediate	Advanced
5.c	Identify multiple sources and/or perspectives to support an argument	Select appropriate information to sythesize from multiple sources and/or perspectives	Propose need for new knowledge based on multiple sources and perspectives

Using Sources

Literature Review Assignment
Assignment This assignment will help sutdents synthesize and use sources to build a cohesive argument.
Literature Review Assignment Rubric
Teaching Resource A rubric for the Literature Review Assignment
Literature Review Template
Activity Assignment A fill-in-the-blank handout to help students organize their literature review

Supporting your Topic with Scholarly Sources
Video This tutorial is designed to help students deal with difficult and specific research. Namely, we will be looking at how to work those specific articles into a basic research project, even when the article doesn’t entirely match your topic.
Synthesis Matrix
Activity Assignment Will help students articulate main points of a source, look for common themes, and differences, among sources and manage sources. From St. Mary's University of Minnesota Writing Center

	Introductory	Intermediate	Advanced
5.d	Cite sources accurately and consistently using appropriate citation style	Cite sources accurately and consistently using a discipline-specific citation style

Using Citations

APA: Formatting Tutorial (7th Edition)
DIY Tutorial A short tutorial with questions on how to format in APA style
Signal Phrases for Summarizing, Paraphrasing, & Quotations
Teaching Resource This handout lists potential signal phrases students can use The handout's information comes from the book They Say, I Say: The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing.
Using Google Scholar
Video This video helps students learn Google Scholar’s search features and how to access fee-based information by connecting Scholar to MSU’s library services.

Making Citations

APA: In-Text Citation Tutorial (7th Edition)
DIY Tutorial A tutorial with questions and directions on how to create in-text citations in APA style!
APA: Reference List Tutorial (7th Edition)
DIY Tutorial A tutorial with questions and directions on how to create a reference list in APA style!

Citation Styles PowerPoint
Presentation This PPT presentation introduces students to the basic concept of citations. It may be paired with Citation Swap Worksheet.
Citation Swap Worksheet
Activity Assignment This worksheet encourages students to understand the different parts of a citation by translating APA-styel citations into another citation style.

	Introductory	Intermediate	Advanced
5.e	Observe use of knowledge in scholarly conversations	Use knowledge to participate in scholarly conversations	Identify opportunities to share findings (social media, open access journals, etc.)

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