OTS 896 Dr.Fleischer: Authority is Constructed and Contextual

"Authority is Constructed and Contextual."  What does this mean to you?

This concept comes from the Information Literacy Framework developed by the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL).

Authority is Constructed and Contextual:

• Differentiating between scholarly, trade, and popular sources and evaluating and using them appropriately [gen ed]
• Defining peer-reviewed [gen ed]
• Adjusting topic after evaluating found resources as needed [gen ed]
• Making use of review tools to evaluate information sources [major, capstone/graduate]
• Identifying and using discipline-specific databases [major, capstone/graduate]
• Understanding the information cycle and the nature of different information sources [gen ed, major]
• Avoiding plagiarism [gen ed, major]
• Using multiple source types for comprehensive evaluation [major, capstone/graduate]

How do you determine if a source is credible?

What makes a source authoritative?

What points of view might be missing?