Unit 3 Assignment

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.