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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: Sociology

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

1. Standards and Guidelines from Accrediting Agencies and Professional Associations

ALA/ACRL/ANSS (Anthropology and Sociology Section), Instruction and Information Literacy Committee, 2022. "Companion Document to the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education: Sociology" (Approved by the ACRL Board of Directors, January 27, 2022)

American Sociological Association. 2010. "Assessment Tool of Sociology Collections and Services in Academic Libraries"

2. Related Research

Armstrong, Anne, Glenda M. Insua, and Catherine Lantz. 2022. "Shaping Effective Readers: An Investigation of Faculty Perceptions and Pedagogies." Portal : Libraries and the Academy 22, 3: 595-611.

Black, Michelle, and Sue Rechter. 2013. “A Critical Reflection on the Use of an Embedded Academic Literacy Program for Teaching Sociology.” Journal of Sociology 49 (4): 456–70.

Calzada Prado, Javier and Marzal, Miguel Ángel. 2013 "Incorporating Data Literacy into Information Literacy Programs: Core Competencies and Contents," Libri 63, no. 2: 123-134. doi: 10.1515/libri-2013-0010

Capogna, Stefania. 2023. "Sociology between Big Data and Research Frontiers, a Challenge for Educational Policies and Skills." Quality and Quantity 57, 1: 193-212. doi: 10.1007/s11135-022-01351-7.

Condon, Patricia, Eleta Exline, and Louise Buckley. 2023. “Data Literacy in the Social Sciences: Findings from a Local Study on Teaching With Quantitative Data in Undergraduate Courses”. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 18, 1:61-75. doi: 10.18438/eblip30138

Farrell, Robert and William Badke. 2015. “Situating Information Literacy in the Disciplines: A Practical and Systematic Approach for Academic Librarians.” Reference Services Review, 43 (2):319-340.

Hall, Robyn. 2023. "Exploring the Role of Information Literacy Instruction in Student Co-Creation of Community-Based Research Products." Communications in Information Literacy 17, 2: 308-331.

Hess, Amanda Nichols. 2014. “Online and Face-to-Face Library Instruction: Assessing the Impact on Upper-Level Sociology Undergraduates,” Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian 33, no. 3: 132–47. doi:10.1080/01639269.2014.934122.

Linneman, T. J. 2021. "From Measures of Association to Multilevel Models: Sociology Journals and the Quantitative Literacy Gap," Teaching Sociology 49, no.1:45-57. doi: 10.1177/0092055X20980427

Rosa, Vanessa and Caro Pinto. 2023. "Disrupting Data: Developing Technology Integrated Assignments to Teach about Race and Racism." Radical Teacher, 125. doi: 10.5195/rt.2023.972

Schlesselman-Tarango, Gina. 2022. “Looking at Information with the Sociological Eye: Introducing the Sociology Companion Document.” College & Research Libraries News 83, no. 10. doi:10.5860/crln.83.10.432.

Swygbart-Hogbaugh, Mandy, Raeda Anderson, Denise George and Joel Glogowksi. 2022.  "Diving Deep into Dissertations: Analyzing Graduate Students' Methodological and Data Practices to Inform Research Data Services and Subject Liaison Librarian Support," College & Research Libraries 83, no.6:887-904. doi:10.5860/crl.83.6.887

3. Adaptable Instructional Materials

Gardner, Carolyn C. 2017. “Where Does Data Come From?” Project CORA.

Geller, Stephanie. 2021. "Critical Reading Lesson Plan - Lower Division Sociology." Project CORA.

Gelman, Andrew. “The Candy Weighing Demonstration, Or, the Unwisdom of Crowds.”

Torres, Samuel Aaron. 2017. “Fake News or Genuine Article? Evaluating News Media Claims Using Bivariate Analyses in SPSS from TRAILS (Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology).”