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The WHY Method (for students)
A handout on our source evaluation approach -- "The WHY Method" -- that's suitable for distribution in the classroom.
Know Your Sources Checklist handout
This is a copy, released under the CC BY-NC-SA license, of the handout distributed at our presentation at ALA Annual 2019
Our PowerPoint presentation
This is a copy of the slides presented at ALA Annual 2019

Example Google Form Assignment
An example student assignment using the taxonomy in Google Form format

Example Discussion/Worksheet handout
An example of how to teach students using the WHY Method that doesn't require access to computers/the Internet for research

Working draft of our revised taxonomy
This draft, which expands upon Leeder, Markey and Yakel's original taxonomy, and our own modified draft of that taxonomy (both of which were published in the articles linked below), contains more of our scope notes and clarifications than the simplified draft in our presentation handout.

The presentation handout is designed more for use in instruction with students. This draft would be more helpful to librarians/instructors attempting to use the taxonomy for assessment/research purposes.

Student Constructions of Authority in the Framework Era: A Bibliometric Pilot Study Using a Faceted Taxonomy, by Rosenzweig, Thill and Lambert
Our initial pilot study, which employed our expanded/modified version of Leeder, Markey & Yakel's taxonomy, appeared in Volume 80, Number 3 of College & Research Libraries in 2019.
A Faceted Taxonomy for Rating Student Bibliographies in an Online Information Literacy Game, by Leeder, Markey & Yakel
The taxonomy we use was published in its original form by Chris Leeder, Karen Markey, and Elizabeth Yakel in this article, which appeared in Volume 73, Number 2 of College & Research Libraries in 2012.