Unit 3 Assignment
Unit 3 Assignment: Information Literacy Assignment
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For this unit, you will submit the Information Literacy Assignment which will include 3- 5 scholarly sources. This assignment should be focused on the sources you plan to use in your final Policy Paper. After selecting credible, reliable, scholarly resources, you will need to address each column in the template to provide a summary of your sources as follows:
- Resource in APA Format: Cite each source using proper APA format.
- Summary of the Resource: Each source must be described in about 150 words that address the main ideas, credibility, and reliability of the source.
- How This Article Relates to Paper Topic: In a short description, share how this resource connects to the topic you will be exploring for your Policy Paper in order to justify your selection of this article.
You must use the provided Microsoft Word template for this assignment!
See the attached document for complete instructions and grading rubric. Submit your completed assignment to the above submission link by 11:59 p.m. EST, Sunday of Unit 3.
TITLE PAGE
Information Literacy Assignment
RESOURCE IN APA FORMAT
SUMMARY OF THE RESOURCE
HOW THIS ARTICLE RELATES TO TOPIC
Due: 11:59 pm EST on Sunday of Unit 3.
For this unit, you will submit the Information Literacy Assignment which will include 3- 5 scholarly sources.
This assignment should be focused on the sources you plan to use in your final Policy Paper. After selecting
credible, reliable, scholarly resources, you will need to address each column in the template to provide a
summary of your sources as follows:
Resource in APA Format: Cite each source using proper APA format.
Summary of the Resource: Each source must be described in about 150 words that addresses the main
ideas, credibility, and reliability of the source.
How This Article Relates to Paper Topic: In a short description, share how this resource connects to the
topic you will be exploring for your Policy Paper in order to justify your selection of this article.
Here is a preview of the template that is required for this assignment.
Information Literacy Assignment
RESOURCE IN APA
FORMAT
SUMMARY OF
THE RESOURCE
HOW THIS
ARTICLE RELATES
TO TOPIC
HSV260 –
Social Welfare
Information Literacy Assignment
Evaluation Rubric for Information Literacy Assignment
CRITERIA
Deficient (0 –
12 Points)
Development Needed
(13 – 17 Points)
Proficient (18 –
20 Points)
Points
Earned
Source
Selection
Sources are not relevant to
researcher’s topic; Sources
require extensive additional
research.
Some sources chosen are
relevant to the topic;
Requires additional sources
to complete the research.
Sources chosen are highly relevant
to the topic; Sources adds greatly to
research potential; few, if any
additional sources needed.
/20
Credibility
Sources lack credibility and are
not considered scholarly sources.
Some sources are from
credible, scholarly materials.
All sources are from credible,
scholarly materials.
/20
Source
Summary
and
Connection
to Topic
Summaries are either too short or
too long; Summaries do not
describe the source material;
Summaries offer no insight;
Summaries does not explain why
the
sources were
chosen.
Some summaries
May be too short or too long;
Summaries describe the
source material but lack
insight; Summaries
sometimes explain why the
sources were chosen.
Summaries comprehensively describe
the source material;
Summaries offer great insight into the
source material; Summaries
clearly explain why the sources were
chosen.
/20
Assignment
Criteria
Very few sources have a proper
citation; Very few citations are
complete; Very few are in the
proper APA format.
Some sources have proper
citation; Some citations are
complete; Some are in the
proper APA format or have
some errors.
Each sources has a proper citation;
All citations are complete; All are in
the proper APA format.
/20
Mechanics,
Grammar and
Proofing
Errors distract the reader to the
extent the meaning is unclear; the
assignment requirements were
not met.
Some significant errors are
present, but the overall
meaning is clear; about half
of the
requirements were met.
Virtually free from mechanical,
grammatical, punctuation, and
spelling errors; All of the assignment
requirements were met.
/20
Total Points: /100
Be sure to read the criteria, by which your paper/project will be evaluated, before you write,
and again after you write.