What Your Students Were Searching for in 2024

What do social media, psychology, nursing, and artificial intelligence all have in common? They are all among the topics most searched for on Credo Reference and Films On Demand in 2024. The top search trends from our two multidisciplinary resources for higher education institutions show which trending topics students on college and university campuses are […]

Start Information Literacy Education in High School or Earlier

When should information literacy education begin? While many colleges and universities offer IL capstone courses to help students get onboard with higher education-level research, most believe that information and media literacy education should start much sooner. The state of New Jersey, for example, passed an information literacy mandate for K–12 public schools with the aim […]

Give Students the College & Career Planning Resources They Need

Many young people approaching adulthood have a sense of what they want to do with their lives, but aren’t exactly sure how to get there. For many, college is a great start, but first-time, full-time freshmen have a dropout rate of around 23%; lack of support, academic challenges, and financial difficulties are among the many […]

Prevent Bullying: Resources to Build a More Inclusive Classroom

Many of us remember being excluded when we were young, and the psychological scars left behind can be devastating. How can we, as educators, help stop bullying—including cyberbullying—before it starts? Instilling and encouraging empathy is a great start; when students can put themselves into another student’s shoes, there’s a good chance they’ll be less likely […]

Master Information Literacy with Our New Video Series

In this era of widespread misinformation and disinformation, the importance of incorporating information literacy into education cannot be overstated. Students and patrons need to be equipped with research skills if they are going to be able to manage today’s information glut.  If you’re looking for a resource that can help teach how to evaluate and […]

4 Reasons Your Classroom Needs Learn360

There’s a special magic to engaging students throughout the school year, with teachers striving to create new worlds within their classrooms that inspire even the most reticent students to expand learning potential. Transform your classroom into a magical learning experience with Learn360. For educators, the modern classroom can be an exciting and overwhelming place. Teachers […]

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage with Infobase

From September 15 to October 15 each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the achievements, histories, traditions, and cultural diversity of Hispanic/Latino/Latinx Americans, whose heritage is rooted in Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. Support and teach Hispanic heritage and culture with our authoritative, engaging, and unbiased […]

Connect Students with Career Readiness Solutions

Join hundreds of academic institutions that rely on Vault. As the leading Career Intelligence platform, Vault partners with hundreds of corporations, firms, and hiring managers nationally. Vault surveys thousands of employees each year about their company culture, salaries, interviewing process, diversity, and much more.

Plan Your Academic Year with the Issues & Controversies

Make back-to-school unit planning easier with Infobase. For resources to help teach critical-thinking skills, analytical writing, and civics and history for this year’s classes, turn to Issues & Controversies and Issues & Controversies in History. Perfect for in-class debates, writing assignments, and research, these two acclaimed, authoritative resources present both sides of contemporary issues and […]

AI Tutorials Now Available from Our Information Literacy Resources

Infobase customers are a varied group: students and patrons at academic, public, and school libraries; librarians at all those institutions; and teachers and other faculty. Listening to all those stakeholders is how we build products that meet your needs. And the need we’ve heard loud and clear lately is for information on artificial intelligence, or […]

Support Health Literacy with These Trusted Resources

One aspect of information literacy that deserves special attention is personal health literacy, defined by the CDC as “the degree to which individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others.” The effects of limited health literacy can be devastating, from the […]

Teach Elementary Students about “Technology & You”

Children are introduced to new technologies—especially digital devices, like phones and tablets—at younger and younger ages. One study found that, of a group of parents with a child under 12, more than one-third said that their child started interacting with a smartphone before age 5. As this continues to happen, the need to integrate technology […]