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Information Literacy in the Disciplines

This guide contains links and citations to information literacy standards and curricula developed by accrediting agencies, professional associations, and institutions of higher education

Information Literacy in the Disciplines: Geography

The ACRL IS Information Literacy in the Disciplines Committee has gathered links and citations to information literacy standards and curricula developed by accrediting agencies, professional associations, and institutions of higher education in Geography.

Last updated in April 2018.

2. Related Research

Bauch, Nicholas, and Christina Sheldon. 2014. “Tacit Information Literacies in Beginning College Students: Research Pedagogy in Geography.” Harvard Educational Review 84, no. 3: 403-423.

Blake, Linda, and Tim Warner. 2011. “Seeing the Forest of Information for the Trees of Papers: An Information Literacy Case Study in a Geography/Geology Class.” Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship 64.

Brazer, Susan E., and Mark de Socio. “Scaffolding and Support through Information Literacy: Reimagining a Geography of Sport Class Project.” Geography teacher (Erie, Pa.) 18, no. 1 (2021): 39–44.

DeChambeau, Aimee L., and Ira D. Sasowsky. 2003. “Using information Literacy Standards to Improve Geoscience Courses.” Journal of Geoscience Education 51, no 5: 490-495.

Dodsworth, Eva. 2012. Getting Started with GIS: A LITA Guide. New York: Neal Schuman.

Holstein, Ann L. 2015. “Geographic Information and Technologies in Academic Libraries: An ARL Survey of Services and Support.” Information Technology & Libraries 34, no. 1: 38-51.

Jablonski, John. 2004. “Information Literacy for GIS Curricula: An Instructional Model for Faculty.” Journal of Map & Geography Libraries 1, no. 1: 41-58.

Kimsey, Mary B., and S. Lynn Cameron. 2005. “Teaching and Assessing Information Literacy in a Geography Program.” Journal of Geography 104, no. 1: 17-23.

Miller, Jason, C. Peter Keller, and Larry D. Yore. 2005. “Suggested Geographic Information Literacy for K-12.” International Research in Geographical & Environmental Education 14, no. 4: 243-260.

Nazari, Maryam. 2011. “A Contextual Model of Information Literacy.” Journal of Information Science 37, no.4: 345-359.

Orzeck, Reecia. “Teaching Information Literacy in an Undergraduate Class on the Geography of the Middle East.” Journal of geography in higher education 47, no. 4 (2023): 637–63.

Price, Bronwyn. 2010. “Teaching Effective Literature Use Skills for Research Reports in Geography.” Journal of Geography in Higher Education 34, no. 2: 247-264.